Viatris Acknowledges Potential For US Symbicort Opportunity In 2022

US-Based Firm Watches On ‘As Court Proceedings Develop’

Following its recent landmark approval for the first US generic version of AstraZeneca’s Symbicort blockbuster, Viatris has commented on the potential to move on a pre-patent expiry launch, amid a recent favorable court decision.

Will the first US Symbicort generic launch this year? • Source: Elena Gurova / Alamy Stock Photo

Viatris has confirmed that the recent US approval for its Breyna generic version of AstraZeneca’s Symbicort (budesonide/formoterol fumarate dihydrate) pressurized metered dose inhaler “presents an opportunity” for market entry in 2022, albeit “as upcoming court proceedings develop.”

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit had earlier vacated and remanded Viatris’ earlier stipulated judgment of infringement entered at the district court level of three Symbicort patents, presenting

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