Japan’s cost-effectiveness assessment (CEA) panel has approved a revised handling policy for the CEA system for FY2026, with the health…
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Latuda’s Use Patent Dismissed in US; Dainippon Sumitomo Plans to Appeal
Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma said on December 9 that the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has handed down its decision that all claims over the methods of use patent related to its atypical antipsychotic Latuda (lurasidone) are unpatentable. The court…
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