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Alvogen and Reddy’s Cleared Over US Rivals To Suboxone

 
• By Aidan Fry

Alvogen and Dr Reddy’s do not infringe key patents protecting Indivior’s Suboxone Film, the US Court of Appeals has confirmed. But Teva continues to fall foul of a production patent running until 2024.

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Generic rivals to Idivior's Suboxone Film from Alvogen and Dr Reddy's can remain on the US market, the Federal Circuit has confirmed • Source: Shutterstock

Alvogen and Dr Reddy’s Laboratories can continue to market generic versions of Indivior’s Suboxone buprenorphine/naloxone sublingual films in the US after the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a district court’s finding in their favor on key patents protecting the opioid addiction treatment. But Teva remains barred from the market after the appeals panel confirmed that its version infringed a patent covering methods of making pharmaceutical films that runs until April 2024.

Both Alvogen and Reddy’s had launched generics of Suboxone earlier this year after the US Supreme Court denied the originator’s...

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