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Russian court rejects US firm's lawsuit over COVID-19 drug remdesivir SECTIONS Last Updated: May 28, 2021, 11:40 PM IST Share Synopsis The Russian government late last year granted Russian drugmaker Pharmasyntez a compulsory licence for one year to manufacture the drug under a different name without Gilead's permission. Pharmasyntez produces remdesivir under the name Remdeform. A shipment of the drug was sent by Russia to India on Tuesday as part of a delivery of humanitarian aid. Russia's Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a lawsuit from U.S. company Gilead Sciences that challenged a Russian...
Reuters 2 minute read The logo of Gilead Sciences Inc pharmaceutical company is seen in Oceanside, California, U.S., April 29, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo/File Photo Russia's Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a lawsuit from U.S. company Gilead Sciences (GILD.O)that challengeda Russian government decision to let a Russian firm develop and market the anti-COVID-19 drug remdesivir without Gilead's consent. The Russian government late last year granted Russian drugmaker Pharmasyntez a compulsory licence for one year to manufacture the drug under a different name without Gilead's permissi...
May 15, 2021 Moscow – Transforming the site of what once was a Soviet-era car factory into a state-of-the-art facility churning out Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V was the easy bit. Making doses in bulk, finding qualified staff and getting equipment have been much bigger headaches for Moscow-based biotech firm R-Pharm and other private Russian companies picked to make the country’s flagship shot to fight the pandemic. President Vladimir Putin has trumpeted the vaccine around the world, and said in March that Russia had signed agreements for the production of 700 million dos...
The problems are a warning to foreign partners – including in India – that are planning to mass produce the vaccine.