Ranbaxy's Patent Litigations in the United States

Case Code: ECON015 Case Length: 14 Pages Period: 1993-2005 Pub Date: 2006 Teaching Note: Not Available

Price: Rs.300 Organization : Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited Industry : Pharmaceutical Countries : USA Themes: Corporate Social Responsibility

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Background

Ranbaxy was established in 1937, in Amritsar, Punjab, India, by Ranjit Singh and Dr. Gurbax Singh, who were the distributors of vitamins and anti-tuberculosis drugs for a Japanese pharmaceutical company. In 1951, Ranbaxy took on distribution for an Italian pharmaceutical company – Lapetit. Bhai Mohan Singh, a trader, joined the company as a partner at this point. Ranbaxy established its first manufacturing plant, in 1961, with assistance from Lapetit. In 1966, Lapetit decided to break the joint venture with Ranbaxy owing to business differences and Ranbaxy started to replace all of Lapetit's brands, by developing its own...

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