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Debiopharm’s Appeal on Elplat Patent Suit Rejected: Nippon Chemiphar/Nagase
Nippon Chemiphar and Nagase Medicals said on July 12 that the Intellectual Property High Court dismissed an appeal by Swiss-based Debiopharm International SA to block the distribution of their generic versions of the anticancer agent Elplat (oxaliplatin). In May last…
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