AstraZeneca aims to stifle Mylan’s revived shot at generic inhaler

AstraZeneca has urged the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to revisit a split panel decision that breathed new life into Mylan’s bid to produce a generic version of the asthma inhaler, Symbicort Turbohaler.

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