Teva’s Copaxone Patent Win Delivers Bigger Blow To Sandoz Than Mylan
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Sandoz, which has first to file on the generic, may have the most to lose after federal judge finds that Mylan and Sandoz ANDAs for generic Copaxone infringe all the claims in Teva’s patents, the latest of which expires in September 2015. FDA now has more time to review the ANDAs without pressure.
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