Keywords: AstraZeneca, Patent suit, Crestor, Torrent, Eli Lilly, Patent, Gemzar
AstraZeneca files patent suit against Indian partner Torrent over blockbuster cholesterol drug Crestor; Eli Lilly loses Gemzar patent appeal
Article | 29 July 2010
Anglo-Swedish drug major AstraZeneca has filed a Para IV patent infringement law suit against the Gujarat-based Torrent Pharmaceuticals and its US subsidiary for its alleged move to manufacture and sell a generic version of its blockbuster cholesterol-lowering drug Crestor (rosuvastatin), before its patent expiry.
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