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18 November 2020Americas

Daiichi and AstraZeneca fight back in cancer drug dispute with Seagen

Daiichi Sankyo and AstraZeneca have asked the US District Court for the District of Delaware for a declaration that their breast cancer treatment does not infringe a chemotherapy patent owned by biotechnology company Seagen.

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