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Hikma Triumphs As Vascepa Induced-Infringement Case Dismissed

Amarin Had Pursued Firm Over Skinny-Label Generic Icosapent Ethyl Capsules

 
• By Dave Wallace

An attack on Hikma’s skinny-label generic version of Vascepa by originator Amarin, claiming induced infringement of patents protecting a cardiovascular indication, has been dismissed in the US.

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The Delaware district court dismissed the complaint against Hikma • Source: Alamy

Hikma has succeeded in convincing a US district court to dismiss allegations that it induced infringement of patents protecting a cardiovascular indication for Amarin’s Vascepa (icosapent ethyl) with its skinny-label generic.

Following Hikma’s launch of the first US generic version of Vascepa in November 2020 – in the wake of success in separate patent litigation (Also see "Hikma Launches US Vascepa Rival As Amarin Appeal Denied" - Generics Bulletin, 5 November, 2020.) – Amarin sued the firm again, this time accusing it of inducing infringement of three Vascepa patents

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