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Nichi-Iko Wins Patent Suit over Elplat
Japanese generic major Nichi-Iko Pharmaceutical said on October 31 that it has won a patent infringement suit filed by Swiss-based Debiopharm International SA over the anticancer agent Elplat (oxaliplatin). In the suit, the Swiss drug maker claimed that a generic…
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