On the 21st of July when the matter was once again listed, the Registrar noted that Respondents No. 5 & 7 had once again delayed filed their replies to the SLP filed by Novartis. Respondents No. 5 & No.7 are Natco Pharma Ltd. & Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd., respectively. The Registrar further noted that it had been seven months since notice had been issued to the Respondents and also that an extension had already been granted during a hearing on the 22nd of April, 2010. Refusing to give another extension the Registrar has ordered the matter to be listed before a Bench of the Supreme Court. The Respondents still have to time file the replies until the date of hearing.
The next date of hearing before the SC Bench is to be notified.
It is not exactly clear as to why these parties are delaying the matter especially since, one of them, Natco Pharma Ltd., has already filed a counter-appeal to Novartis’s SLP. Ranbaxy’s delay in filing a reply is suspicious especially given the high stakes involved. Please do feel free to speculate, in the comments section, as to the reason for this delay.
Obvious, both these guys (Natco & Ranbaxy) have nothing to loose. The application is refused therefore they are free to manufacture and sell the product. Only Novartis has big stakes in this proceeding and therefore would want to speed up.
Natco’s Counter was also a strategy to delay the proceedings, as it came as a counter to Novartis SLP and not as a appeal to the IPAB decision. I am sure they will pull this as long as possible as this is the last forum available to both end.
Is the supreme court in India as useless and ridiculous as it is in the US? Half the time I think they make things up on the spot (in the US).
It appears that there is some out of court deal between parties not to oppose this application so that it sails through…the big picture is Novartis is manipulating this decision in the most ruthless manner now….when it’s strategy to line up 13 senior advocates failed in 3-d drama failed miserably 2-3 yrs. back. The counsel for the NGO, Cancer patients assoc is related to a partner in the firm who fought the case before controller. An appeal filed revives this Patent when a notice is issued. The Co’s are aggressively being sold off to Associate/friendly companies of Novartis to reign in their opposition. Three Controller general have lost their job -one because of granting the exclusive marketing right wrongly corruption and two because one was involved with rejection, Mr. B.S Chandra Shekhar and one technical member who is a Post Doctorate in Molecular Chemistry. Basicaaly anybody who stops toeing Novartis Line is manipulated.
Now only the judge of the Hon’ble SC is above board. Although two Cj’s have changed. But delay leads to suspicion that is this Patent running on Life Support in this manner. Or is there an exclusivity arrangement.
No talk of DGCI’s objections is made I guess he has been silenced. I hope The SC Judge can see and take suo moto cognisance of this matter to save Cancer patients now that all have abandoned their…cause and put an end to this by finally rejecting this Patent….
It appears that there is some out of court deal between parties not to oppose this application so that it sails through…the big picture is Novartis is manipulating this decision in the most ruthless manner now….when it’s strategy to line up 13 senior advocates failed in 3-d drama failed miserably 2-3 yrs. back. The counsel for the NGO, Cancer patients assoc is related to a partner in the firm who fought the case before controller. An appeal filed revives this Patent when a notice is issued. The Co’s are aggressively being sold off to Associate/friendly companies of Novartis to reign in their opposition. Three Controller general have lost their job -one because of granting the exclusive marketing right wrongly corruption and two because one was involved with rejection, Mr. B.S Chandra Shekhar and one technical member who is a Post Doctorate in Molecular Chemistry. Basicaaly anybody who stops toeing Novartis Line is manipulated.
Now only the judge of the Hon’ble SC is above board. Although two Cj’s have changed. But delay leads to suspicion that is this Patent running on Life Support in this manner. Or is there an exclusivity arrangement.
No talk of DGCI’s objections is made I guess he has been silenced. I hope The SC Judge can see and take suo moto cognisance of this matter to save Cancer patients now that all have abandoned their…cause and put an end to this by finally rejecting this Patent….