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Latuda Use Patent Suit Could Wrap Up in December: Sumitomo Dainippon Chief
Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma President Hiroshi Nomura said on May 11 that its US lawsuits over the method of use patent of its bread-and-butter antipsychotic Latuda (lurasidone) could wrap up as early as December this year. Mr Nomura expressed his confidence…
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