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Shionogi Loses HIV Patent Battle against MSD
The Intellectual Property High Court of Japan has slapped down Shionogi’s claims that the anti-HIV medicine Isentress (raltegravir) being marketed by MSD infringes its patent related to integrase inhibitors, the Japanese company said. In August 2015, Shionogi filed a patent…
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