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Debiopharm’s Appeal on Elplat Patent Suit Dismissed: Towa
Towa Pharmaceutical said on January 20 that the Intellectual Property High Court upheld a lower court ruling that rejected Swiss-based Debiopharm International SA’s claim that the Japanese generic major infringed its patents for the anticancer agent Elplat (oxaliplatin). Debiopharm filed…
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