Ribavirin Litigation Set To Rest: Valeant's Appeal In Patent Case Dismissed
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
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Valeant requested the dismissal. The company's appeal was largely premised on FDA approval of a citizen petition concerning ribavirin generics' ability to "carve out" protected labeling; the agency denied the petition in April.
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