‘Patients’ rights and access to drugs could be hurt by proposed amendments in patent rules’
A patient receives medicines at a clinic in New Delhi. File image used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: PTI Some clauses in the draft Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2023 have triggered fears that important public health safeguards against patent evergreening and unmerited monopolies will be diluted. Civil society organisations, academics, and intellectual property and … Read more