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Sandoz Stays Shut Out On Combigan In US Until 2022

 
• By Aidan Fry

A US district court was right to bar Sandoz launching a generic version of Allergan’s Combigan glaucoma treatment due to limiting safety and efficacy clauses in three patents, the US Court of Appeals has confirmed.

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Sandoz will likely have to wait until 2022 before bringing a generic of Combigan eye drops to the US market • Source: Shutterstock

Sandoz will be unable to launch a generic alternative to Allergan’s Combigan (brimonidine tartrate/timolol maleate) 0.2%/0.5% eye drops in the US for the next two-and-a-half years. The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed a New Jersey district court’s decision last year that Sandoz’ abbreviated new drug application infringed three valid patents, each protecting the glaucoma treatment through to 19 April 2022.

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