Federal Circuit blocks Sandoz generic

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled that claims in an Allergan patent detailing the results of a glaucoma treatment are material to its patentability, after an unsuccessful invalidation appeal brought by Sandoz.

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