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Jury Finds Enhertu Infringes Seagen Patent, Awards US$41.8 Million in Damages
A US federal jury has found that Daiichi Sankyo’s cancer drug Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) infringes a patent owned by Seagen, awarding the US firm US$41.8 million in damages, the Japanese company said. Daiichi Sankyo is poised to challenge the verdict.…
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