API and IP Newsletter
Contents Analysis of imports by Glenmark General information Strengthening regulatory framework, India to join the global quality scheme Manufacturing Technology Trends Intellectual Property The court’s decision favours Merck in Sugammadex and the complexity associated with Patent term extension. Analysis of imports by Glenmark We analysed patent applications filed by Glenmark last week. That was primarily to understand what they are developing in their development centre and to analyse the company’s long-term plan. This week we analysed their imports and tried to substantiate our inference from the IP analysis last week. Glimpses of our observations are as below. Import by Glenmark Qty in KG Sidvim Comments BROMIDE TIOTROPIUM 0.01 Glenmark is importing tiotropium bromide in small lots from Chemo Iberica in Italy. This could be for their potential 505 (b) (2) application to deliver the drug through a nebuliser, which is different from the marketed meter dose formulation. G