Bristol seeks injunction against Immunex paclitaxel ANDA, citing infringement of two Taxol use patents.
Executive Summary
BRISTOL SEEKS INJUNCTION AGAINST IMMUNEX PACLITAXEL ANDA (75- 184) in a lawsuit filed Jan. 8 in Newark, N.J. federal court. The suit claims that the Immunex application for paclitaxel violates two patents covering a three-hour infusion schedule for Bristol-Myers Squibb's $941 mil. oncology product Taxol. The use patent runs through August 2012, almost 20 years after the approval of Taxol in the U.S. ("The Pink Sheet" June 30, 1997, p. 8).
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