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25 April 2019Big Pharma

Companies file amicus brief opposing Athena ruling

Biotech and pharmaceutical companies have submitted an amicus brief urging an appeals court to rethink a ruling, which invalidated a patent exclusively licensed by Athena Diagnostics.

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