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Toray Sues Sawai, Fuso over Use Patent for Remitch OD Tablets
Toray Industries said on December 19 that it has filed patent infringement lawsuits against Sawai Pharmaceutical and Fuso Pharmaceutical Industries seeking to halt the manufacture and distribution of their generic versions of the pruritus treatment Remitch OD Tablets (nalfurafine), as well…
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