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19 December 2019AmericasRory O'Neill

Supermarket chain settles pay-for-delay suit over birth control pill

Dutch supermarket owner Ahold Delhaize has agreed to settle a series of patent infringement suits filed against pharmaceutical companies including Warner Chilcott and Watson over contraceptive pill Loestrin 24 Fe.

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