Teva files patent suit against Novartis over Copaxone

7 September 2008

Israeli generics giant Teva has filed a patent infringement suit against Swiss drug major Novartis' generic subsidiary Sandoz over the blockbuster multiple sclerosis treatment Copaxone (glatiramer).

Teva claims US patent protection on the drug until 2014, and longer in Europe. The Israel-based firm says the copy-cat version of the drug, M365, submitted for US Food and Drug Administration approval by Sandoz and US biotechnology firm Momenta in July, infringes on its patents.

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