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Shionogi Files Patent Suit over MSD’s HIV Drug
Shionogi said on August 18 that it has sued the Japanese and German units of US drug giant Merck & Co., alleging that their anti-HIV medicine Isentress (raltegravir) infringes the company’s patents related to integrase inhibitors. Shionogi filed lawsuits with…
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