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Chugai Sues Nippon Kayaku over Herceptin Patent
Chugai Pharmaceutical said on September 8 that it has filed a patent infringement suit against Nippon Kayaku, seeking to block the launch of an approval-pending biosimilar version of its anti-HER2 monoclonal antibody Herceptin (trastuzumab). Chugai and Genentech, both Roche group…
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