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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> </head>  <body> <div style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size:12px; text-align:justify"> <table width="800" border="0" style="border:1px solid #ccc;padding:5px;" align="center" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0">  <tr>   <td align="left" valign="top">   <br />   High Court of Delhi <br /><br /> Delhi High Court rules in favour of Merck for its diabetes drug<br /><br />  - (07 Oct 2015)<br /><br />  </td>  </tr>    <tr>   <td align="left" valign="top">Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation & Anr. v. Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.</td>  </tr>    <tr>   <td align="left" valign="top" style="background-color:#FDEDCE"><strong>The Delhi High Court restrained Glenmark from selling any drug containing Sitagliptin or its derivate. Sitagliptin is the active ingredient used in ‘Januvia’, Merck’s once-daily pill used to lower blood sugar levels in people with Type II diabetes. It had claimed that Glenmark had infringed its patent in the specific chemical. The court dismissed contentions that Glenmark’s product, ‘Zita’, was different from Merck’s product.</strong></td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td align="left" valign="top" ><strong>Relevant : Read the decision in<a href="http://lobis.nic.in/ddir/dhc/AKP/judgement/07-10-2015/AKP07102015S5862013.pdf" target="_blank"> Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation v. Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.</a></strong></td>  </tr>   <tr>   <td align="left" valign="top" ><strong>Tags : Glenmark, merck, patent, diabetes</strong></td>  </tr> <tr>   <td align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>  </tr>  <tr>      <td align="left" valign="top"><strong>Source : newsroom.manupatra.com</strong></td>  </tr> <tr>   <td align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td align="left" valign="top">Regards</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td align="left" valign="top">Team Manupatra</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>  </tr>   </table> </div> </body> </html>