Appeals court sides with Pfizer, Merck KGaA in $5bn suit
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has sided with EMD Serono and Pfizer over the invalidation of a multiple sclerosis (MS) drug patent, in a defeat for biotech company Biogen.
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