Supreme Court May Consider Ruling Invalidating Amgen’s Repatha Patents
Executive Summary
Court asks Solicitor General to weigh in on petition challenging Federal Circuit’s standard for determining patent enablement in Amgen’s dispute with PCSK9 inhibitor rivals Sanofi and Regeneron. GlaxoSmithKline, Biogen, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Merck filed briefs in support of Amgen.
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