It is planning to make its technology the standard for finding genetic mistakes that will in all likelihood become essential to drug discovery.
Not surprisingly Novartis is unhappy with the ruling - it says the move "discourages innovative drug discovery essential to advancing medical science for patients".
But no matter how much he spins it, there's no avoiding the essential nature of the drug business: Big growth will come only if Glaxo's labs come through with new medicines.
If a pharmaceutical company can make the case that a better or more advanced drug has not emerged in a given category, and that the drug in question is essential to saving lives, maybe we should extend patent protection on that basis.
However, advocates of the trials say they are essential if advances are to be made in drug treatments.
In a briefing paper published earlier this year, the WHO said the scheme had achieved a 40% reduction in drug prices and significantly improved the availability of essential drugs.
Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, talked about the challenges ahead in pushing through presidential "fast track" trade promotion authority and in crafting a prescription drug benefit for Medicare, something GOP pollsters say is essential to complete before the next election.
Mr McLetchie said an essential part of rehabilitation was assisting prisoners to tackle their problems with drink and drug addictions and education short falls as part of "the road to redemption and rehabilitation".
And every health insurance plan in the Marketplace will cover a standard set of essential health benefits that includes, among other benefits, hospital stays, prescription drug coverage, preventive services, oral and vision care for kids.
Mr Dobson said he planned to speak out on cheap homes for essential workers, regeneration for London's deprived areas, jobs the unskilled, drug abuse, and in favour of greater use of the meningitis vaccine that he introduced as health secretary.
In addition, Sen said India was willing to donate essential medicines to the relief effort, noting that India has the largest number of Food and Drug Administration-recognized pharmaceutical companies outside the United States.
Currently, the FDA awards only three years of exclusivity if a fixed-dose combination drug contains a previously approved ingredient, and if a drugmaker conducted new clinical studies that were essential to approval.
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Gopal Dabade of All India Drug Action Network, an India-based non-profit group that works for access to essential medicines, said the ruling will allow Indian generic manufacturers to continue to supply Indians and consumers in other developing countries with cheap medicines.
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