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30 July 2015Americas

TWi launches AIDS drug generic following US court ruling

TWi Pharmaceuticals has released a generic version of the Megace ES (megestrol acetate) drug, which is used to treat certain symptoms experienced by AIDS patients, just one day after a court ruled that it did not infringe a patent owned by Par Pharmaceutical.

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