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Chugai Re-Files Patent Suit over Edirol, Now Focuses on Crystalline Form
Chugai Pharmaceutical has re-filed a lawsuit against three Japanese generic makers over the patent of its osteoporosis treatment Edirol (eldecalcitol), this time focusing on the crystalline form, instead of the API, which was a subject of its litigation withdrawn earlier…
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