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20 January 2016Americas

US Supreme Court grants Medtronic’s GVR petition

The US Supreme Court has ordered a re-hearing of a spinal surgery patent dispute after it granted Medtronic’s grant, vacate, and remand (GVR) petition in its row with NuVasive.

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