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13 August 2020PharmaMuireann Bolger

Bayer, Apotex settle suit over cancer drug patent

Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals has settled a patent infringement suit with generics manufacturer  Apotex, after claiming that its version of a cancer treatment infringed two patents for cancer drug  Stivarga (regorafenib).

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