NATCO wins compulsory license for anti-cancer drug

Updated on 3 May 2012

The order is subject to certain conditions, such as maintaining account of sales and payment of royalty to Bayer at six percent of the net sales on a quarterly basis. The order also makes it obligatory for NATCO to supply the drug free-of-cost to at least 600 needy and deserving patients per year.

NATCO welcomed this order and said this opened up a new avenue for availability of life-saving drugs at an affordable price to the suffering masses in India.

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