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Nippon Shinyaku’s Viltepso Patents Invalid: US Jury Verdict
Nippon Shinyaku said on December 23 that a US jury found that the company’s patents pertaining to its Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) therapy Viltepso (viltolarsen) are invalid. Following a trial held in the US District Court for the District of…
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