15 April 2015Americas

PTAB instigates interference on Biogen multiple sclerosis treatment

The US Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) has instigated an interference proceeding between Biogen and Forward Pharma to determine who first invented a treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS).

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