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3 Generic Makers Ordered to Pay Damages over Oxarol Patent Infringement
Chugai Pharmaceutical said on July 27 that the Tokyo District Court ordered three generic makers of the company’s keratosis med Oxarol Ointment 25 µg/g (maxacalcitol) to pay damages over their patent infringements. In the ruling, Iwaki Seiyaku was ordered to…
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