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31 October 2016Americas

Kyle Bass secures PTAB victory against NPS Pharmaceuticals patent

Kyle Bass’s organisation the Coalition for Affordable Drugs has won a patent battle against NPS Pharmaceuticals at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) after successfully proving claims covering Gattex (teduglutide [rDNA origin]) to be unpatentable.

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