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Ahead Of PTAB Verdict, Viatris And Natco Shake Hands On US Ozempic Settlement

Viatris’ Mylan Has Also Recently Settled Patent Fights In Delaware District Court

 
• By Dean Rudge

The world’s best-selling diabetes medicine, with sales last year across the globe of around $14bn, is now in the crosshairs in the US for Viatris’ Mylan and its partner Natco, after the firms announced an agreement settling litigation that was pending before the US Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

Concept of Settlement
• Source: Alamy

Viatris’ Mylan and its partner Natco Pharma have put aside a key legal hurdle to their proposed US generic version of Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic (semaglutide) mega blockbuster GLP-1 agonist to treat 2 diabetes – the world’s best-selling diabetes medicine.

The generics firms have reached an agreement settling patent litigation proceedings pending before the US Patent and Trademark Office’s

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