Monday, 25 March 2013

AstraZeneca settles Crestor patent row with generics firms


A worker leaves the AstraZeneca research facility in Loughborough LONDON (Reuters) - AstraZeneca has settled a legal fight over its top-selling cholesterol drug Crestor with generics companies, protecting revenues in the all-important U.S. market until 2016. Under the agreement, Watson and Egis concede that the Crestor substance patent is valid. The settlement allows Watson to begin selling a generic version of Crestor on May 2, 2016, at a fee to AstraZeneca of 39 percent of net sales, until the end of pediatric exclusivity on July 8, 2016. AstraZeneca said on Monday its partner Shionogi was also a party to the settlement agreement. ...








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