UK Court Ruling A Blow For Pfizer And A Warning For Patentees
Executive Summary
A UK Supreme Court decision to invalidate Pfizer's pregabalin patent is not only bad news for Pfizer and good news for the generics firms involved – it could also mean that companies have to produce more evidence to substantiate their patent claims in future.
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