Indian based Company Lupin Pharmaceuticals Ltd. gets a tentative FDA approval for epileptic drug Topiramate. Topiramate (Topamax) is being sold by Ortho Mcneil, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, used for the treatment of seizures.
Lupin said product will be introduce in the market once its patent expires in Sep 2008.
India-based Suven Life Sciences has got two granted product patents, one each in
US-based Merck has received patent approval for two of its upcoming drugs for dyslipidemia and obesity from the Indian Patent Office. The two newly patented drugs that are in the final stages of trial and are yet to receive the Drug Controller General of
Till now, Merck has only patent for its anti-diabetic drug called Januvia a 770 million product.
MSD Pharma is a wholly owned subsidiary of Merck & Co in
