Which of the following best explains the term ‘Secondary Patenting’?
It is a strategy adopted by the pharmaceutical companies to extend the patent rights over medicines for second term by showing minor variations in the original drug.
It is the patent offered on similar versions of the drug that is already protected under patent laws.
It allows production of generic versions of the already patented drug to be produced domestically.
None of the above
Multi-national pharma companies often make slight modifications to the original drug at the expiry of the patent period, in order to continue patent rights to extend its monopoly over the drug. This strategy is called ever-greening or ‘secondary patenting’.
Nine litres are drawn from a cask full of water and it is then filled with milk, Nine litres of mixture are drawn and the cask is again filled with milk, The quantity of water now left in the cask to that of the milk in it is 16 : 9. How much does the cask hold?
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Sustainable development requires which of the following? 1. Preservation of ecological resources and greater use of renewable resources. 2. Encouragement to the use of environmentally-safe technologies for development purposes. 3. Formulation and implementation of policy framework for people-security and human justice, including ecological and economic security. Select the correct answer using the code given below:
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Consider the following statements about the Cabinet Mission: 1. Stafford Cripps was the Chairman of the Mission. 2. It supported the cause of Pakistan’s independence. 3. It recommended that provinces will have residuary powers. Which of the statements given above is/are not correct?
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The identity platform 'Aadhaar' provides open "Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)". What does it imply ? 1. It can be integrated into any electronic device. 2. Online authentication using iris is possible. Which of the statements given above is/ are correct ?
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