Fed Circuit sides with Merck in antifungal treatment dispute

25-06-2019

Fed Circuit sides with Merck in antifungal treatment dispute

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A US court has upheld a decision that eight claims of one of Mayne Pharma’s patents are unpatentable for obviousness over prior art after a validity challenge was brought by a subsidiary of Merck & Co.


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