Chronic therapy areas continued to appear attractive to companies across the spectrum, as they entered the area, created additional marketing divisions & introduced new products. The first of biotech-based or technically-difficult products from multinationals reached market shortly after international launch. Small regional companies continued their effort to create a foothold in larger cities. Some large companies began to expand their field force for rural markets, more seriously than they did before. Patent challenges continued this year as well, testing the boundaries of what is patentable in the country despite the Indian