2020-04-02
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4 September 2020PharmaMuireann Bolger

Amarin vows to challenge Vascepa patent ruling

Amarin has announced it will seek an en banc rehearing of a decision at the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that failed to revive its patents on heart medicine Vascepa (icosapent ethyl).

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