Indian patent law allowed Indian pharmaceutical companies to produce drugs patented in Europe and the United States, provided they used a different ________.

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Indian patent law allowed Indian pharmaceutical companies to produce drugs patented in Europe and the United States, provided they used a different production process. This process is known as "reverse engineering" and involves creating a new method to produce a drug that is already patented. By doing this, Indian pharmaceutical companies were able to produce generic versions of the drugs, which are much cheaper than the original patented versions.

Indian Patent Law Allowed Indian Pharmaceutical Companies to Produce Drugs