Case report: Eli Lilly loses latest Alimta battle

In the latest instalment of the long-running patent dispute between Actavis and Eli Lilly in relation to anti-cancer drug Alimta (pemetrexed disodium), in February 2016 Mr Justice Arnold at the English High Court handed down his judgment on the issues remitted to him by the English Court of Appeal.

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