Pharmaceuticals and Biosimilars

Pharmaceutical patents primarily comprise of inventions related to active pharmaceutical ingredients, excipients, formulations and compositions, manufacturing processes, assessments methods etc. The pharmaceutical industry discovers, develops, produces, and markets drugs or pharmaceutical drugs for use as medications to be administered (or self-administered) to patients, with an aim to cure them, vaccinate them, or alleviate symptoms. However, the fluctuating global financial markets, a rapidly changing IP environment along with regulatory hurdles can affect the products a manufacturer brings to the market. Pharmaceutical and Health Care companies are facing wide-spread challenges and unpredictable changes in the recent years. These challenges are posed to start-ups and established enterprises alike.

In such a challenging global market, India plays an important role in the entire pharmaceuticals sector. The country has a large pool of scientists and engineers with a potential to steer the industry ahead to greater heights. Presently, over 80% of the anti-retroviral drugs used globally to combat AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) are supplied by Indian pharmaceutical firms. According to sources, the Indian pharmaceutical sector is expected to grow to US $100 billion, while medical device market is expected to grow to US $25 billion by 2025. Pharmaceuticals export from India stood at US $20.70 billion in FY20. Pharmaceutical export include bulk drugs, intermediates, drug formulations, biologicals, Ayush and herbal products and surgical.

Drafting Pharmaceutical Patents

We routinely represent pharmaceutical companies and provide Intellectual Property Services that include services comprising prior art search, legal and infringement opinions, preparation, filing and prosecution of pharmaceutical patents and applications relating to Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) and finished formulations/ compositions, portfolio management of granted IP, licensing and assignment of intellectual property. Our legal and technical expertise spans virtually over all therapeutic areas and stages of the drug development process. We have experience of working in biotechnology, bioinformatics, immunology, agricultural biotechnology, gene therapy, genomics, medical devices, diagnostics, pharmaceuticals, proteomics, vaccines and drug delivery, to name a few. We have drafted an filed patents relating to:

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