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22 December 2020Americas

Fed Circuit refuses to revive Biogen’s MS drug dispute

Biogen has lost its long-standing fight to recover billions of dollars in royalties from the sale of a multiple sclerosis (MS) drug, after the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit rejected Biogen’s request that it reconsider its own ruling on Friday, December 18.

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