2020-04-02
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1 April 2020AmericasSarah Morgan

Amarin suffers defeat over Vascepa patents

A US judge has opened the door to generic versions of heart disease drug  Vascepa (icosapent ethyl), after invalidating  Amarin’s key patents covering the drug.

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4 September 2020   Amarin has announced it will seek an en banc rehearing of a decision at the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that failed to revive its patents on heart medicine Vascepa.
Big Pharma
18 February 2021   Irish pharmaceutical company Amarin has petitioned the Supreme Court to revive its patents on its heart medication Vascepa.
Big Pharma
22 June 2021   Amarin has failed to persuade the US Supreme Court to consider reviving six patents on the heart medicine Vascepa, allowing generic drugmakers Hikma Pharmaceuticals and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories to roll out copycat products.

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Big Pharma
4 September 2020   Amarin has announced it will seek an en banc rehearing of a decision at the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that failed to revive its patents on heart medicine Vascepa.
Big Pharma
18 February 2021   Irish pharmaceutical company Amarin has petitioned the Supreme Court to revive its patents on its heart medication Vascepa.
Big Pharma
22 June 2021   Amarin has failed to persuade the US Supreme Court to consider reviving six patents on the heart medicine Vascepa, allowing generic drugmakers Hikma Pharmaceuticals and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories to roll out copycat products.

More on this story

Big Pharma
4 September 2020   Amarin has announced it will seek an en banc rehearing of a decision at the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that failed to revive its patents on heart medicine Vascepa.
Big Pharma
18 February 2021   Irish pharmaceutical company Amarin has petitioned the Supreme Court to revive its patents on its heart medication Vascepa.
Big Pharma
22 June 2021   Amarin has failed to persuade the US Supreme Court to consider reviving six patents on the heart medicine Vascepa, allowing generic drugmakers Hikma Pharmaceuticals and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories to roll out copycat products.