NEW DELHI: Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche says it is abandoning a patent for top-selling breast cancer drug Herceptin in the Indian market, paving the way for local drugmakers to make a cheaper generic version.
The decision comes after an Indian health ministry committee earlier this year urged the government to issue a "compulsory licence" that would have obliged Roche to license a domestic generic firm to make a much cheaper copy.
"Roche has come to the conclusion not to pursue" the patent, the company said in an emailed statement to AFP late Friday.
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