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Novartis Ordered to Pay US$177.8 Million to Daiichi Sankyo over Patent Row
A US district court has ruled that Novartis’ cancer drug Tafinlar (dabrafenib) infringes two US patents owned by Daiichi Sankyo’s now-defunct Plexxikon unit, ordering a payment of US$177.8 million for the Swiss pharma giant, the Japanese company said on September…
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