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Food for thought: PCA seeks clearance over nutrition related patent

Florida-based healthcare company Diabetic Care RX, which operates as Patient Care America (PCA), has asked for a declaratory judgment that it does not infringe a patent owned by Pentec Health by providing nutritional supplements to dialysis clinics.

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