22 We recently reviewed contract and collaborative research alliances between Indian and global pharmaceutical companies. 10 Other authors have analyzed its socioeconomic impact and public policy implications and recommendations, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 drug development in India and in comparison with other emerging countries, 16, 17 drug discovery in private companies and in publicly funded institutions, 18, 19 current changes and opportunities, 20, 21 or out‐licensing deals. But does this mean the end of the drug discovery industry in India, the “Death of a Dream” as some have claimed? 5 We think this deserves a more thorough analysis.ĭrug discovery and pharmaceutical R&D in India has been reviewed and analyzed previously, but generally from specific points of view, such as its historical background, 6, 7, 8 the fate of the big pharma companies, 5, 9 or the impact of process versus product patent output as a consequence of the Agreement on Trade‐Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (the so‐called TRIPS agreement). We know today that this grand vision did not materialize. At that time, India was poised to become the drug discovery powerhouse of the world, as it had become its generics pharmacy. Proprietary drug discovery activities in India had been initiated since the mid‐1990s by companies that had been active in the generics business, often for several decades.
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3, 4 Other Indian companies have abandoned, significantly decreased, or postponed their research efforts in recent years, or are experiencing slow progress, if any, with major pipeline products. 2 This exit from early in‐house pharmaceutical research activities followed the one in 2008 by Ranbaxy Laboratories, and preceded by five years the one of a third major Indian company, Piramal Enterprises, in 2014.
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However, by 2009, DRL had terminated all its internal discovery activities, without having launched a single new drug. 1 This deal was hailed by many at that time as only the first step on the way to what was expected to become a growing flow of successful drugs from India. Reddy's Laboratories (DRL) in Hyderabad, became the first preclinical‐stage compound discovered at an Indian pharmaceutical company to be licensed to a Western company, Novo Nordisk. In 1997, DRF‐2593, later known as balaglitazone, a small‐molecule peroxisome proliferator‐activated receptor γ (PPARγ) agonist discovered at Dr.