Teva sues Synthon over generic Multiple Sclerosis drug
Teva sues Synthon over generic Multiple Sclerosis drug
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (TEVA) sued Synthon BV for infringing seven patents in planning to sell a generic version of the multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone before Teva’s patents expire.
Teva, based in Petach Tikva, Israel, said it licensed the patents from Yeda Research & Development Co., according to the lawsuit filed yesterday in federal court in New York.
Copaxone, used to reduce the frequency of relapses in multiple sclerosis patients, generated sales (TEVA) of $3.9 billion in 2011. Synthon filed an application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration seeking approval of a generic version of the drug, according to the complaint.
“Defendants plan to begin manufacturing, marketing, selling, offering to sell and/or importing Synthon’s generic glatiramer acetate product soon after FDA approval,” Teva said in the complaint. “Such conduct will constitute direct infringement.”... Read More - http://www.msrc.co.uk/index.cfm/fuseact ... ageid/1903
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Re: Teva sues Synthon over generic Multiple Sclerosis drug
Is this the same lawsuit from last year? A trial began in September or October last year and then it just stopped for some unknown reason. It was a case about their patent.
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