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US Appeals Court Favors Sumitomo Dainippon in Latuda Substance Patent Suit
Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma said on April 18 that a US appeals court supported a lower-court decision that found in favor of the company and its US unit Sunovion Pharmaceuticals in a substance patent infringement suit over their antipsychotic Latuda (lurasidone).…
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