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Chugai Files Patent Litigation against Sawai, Nichi-Iko over Edirol Copies
Chugai Pharmaceutical said on May 29 that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit and a petition for a provisional disposition order against Sawai Pharmaceutical and Nichi-Iko Pharmaceutical, seeking to block the manufacturing and distribution of the copies of the…
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