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5 December 2023Big PharmaLiz Hockley

US biotech wins review of rival’s endocrine patents after Vidal intervention

USPTO director remanded case back to PTAB after it denied post-grant review of Spruce patents | Judges determined likelihood of claims being unpatentable due to prior art and lack of written description.

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