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Millennium Pharmaceuticals sues MSN Laboratories over cancer drug

Millennium Pharmaceuticals, now known as Takeda Oncology, has filed a complaint against US-based MSN Laboratories for patent infringement of Velcade (bortezomib), a treatment for cancer.

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