Biotech patenting in India

2^nd International Conference and Exhibition on Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs

November 23-24, 2012 Hyderabad International Convention Centre, India

Rinki Upadhyay, B. P. Nagori and Vipin Mathur

Posters: Pharmaceut Reg Affairs

Abstract :

The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) defines biotechnology as "any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives to make or modify products or processes for specific use?. The biotechnology market in India including bioservices, biopharmaceuticals, bioagriculture and industrial enzymes, stood at $4.13 billion in 2011. Through the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), the Indian government provides funding to universities and other public institutions for research on agricultural, medical, and environmental and industrial biotechnology. Biotechnology field has developed a worldwide interest about its patentability, especially in case of the genetically modified organisms. India?s post-TRIPS patent law include several provisions that make biotechnology patenting more attractive and a basis to gain competitive advantage in the rapidly expanding market of biogeneric. Provisions of special interest in the Indian patent law relating to biotech patenting include exclusionary provisions under Section 3, that prohibit patenting of any living thing occurring in nature as such, plants and animals in whole including seeds, varieties and species but excluding microorganisms. The new patent law makes a number of biotech inventions patentable in India like compositions and process to produce nucleic acid sequences, protein sequences, antibodies, small molecules, and machines and devices useful to carry out biotech processes. Opportunities and challenges in biotech patenting in India are analyzed in this presentation that could help Indian biotech companies to formulate their future business strategies in an effective manner.

Biography :

Ms. Rinki Upadhyay is presently pursuing M. Pharmacy in Pharmaceutical Management & Regulatory Affairs branch at Lachoo Memorial College of Science & Technology, Pharmacy Wing, Jodhpur, India.