PTAB upholds Biogen’s MS drug patent

A Biogen patent covering the drug Tecfidera (dimethyl fumarate) has been upheld by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), after a challenge from Kyle Bass’s Coalition for Affordable Drugs.

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