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29 September 2020AmericasSarah Morgan

Appeals court sides with Pfizer, Merck KGaA in $5bn suit

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has sided with EMD  Serono and Pfizer over the invalidation of a multiple sclerosis (MS) drug patent, in a defeat for biotech company Biogen.

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Biotechnology
Biogen loses another battle over MS drug patent
21 September 2020   In a blow for biotechnology company, Biogen, a US federal judge has ruled that its lone surviving patent on multiple-sclerosis drug Tecfidera should remain invalid because the matter had already been resolved by another court.
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Australian court issues mixed vaccine patent ruling
15 October 2020   In a mixed decision for Merck Sharp Dohme, the Federal Court of Australia has concluded that the pharmaceutical company is infringing one patent owned by Wyeth, but that two other Wyeth patents are invalid.
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MSD secures victory before English court
20 October 2020   The English High Court has concluded that Merck Sharp Dohme is not infringing a patent owned by Pfizer through the sale of its pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.

More on this story

Biotechnology
Biogen loses another battle over MS drug patent
21 September 2020   In a blow for biotechnology company, Biogen, a US federal judge has ruled that its lone surviving patent on multiple-sclerosis drug Tecfidera should remain invalid because the matter had already been resolved by another court.
Asia-Pacific
Australian court issues mixed vaccine patent ruling
15 October 2020   In a mixed decision for Merck Sharp Dohme, the Federal Court of Australia has concluded that the pharmaceutical company is infringing one patent owned by Wyeth, but that two other Wyeth patents are invalid.
Big Pharma
MSD secures victory before English court
20 October 2020   The English High Court has concluded that Merck Sharp Dohme is not infringing a patent owned by Pfizer through the sale of its pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.

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