Novartis upholds MS drug patent at Fed Circ

Novartis Pharmaceuticals has prevailed against China’s HEC Pharm at the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, after a majority panel of judges held that a patent covering the multiple sclerosis drug Gilenya (fingolimod hydrochloride) was valid.

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