First in class is the first to fall, and Byetta could go even earlier than the October 2017 date set in Teva settlement since AstraZeneca still faces a generic challenge from Amneal – and a direct attack on its patents from Sanofi.
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.'s patent infringement settlement with AstraZeneca PLC allows it to launch a generic version of Byetta (exenatide) in the U.S. two years and three months before expiration of the last patent covering the GLP-1 agonist.
Teva announced in a June 23 release that it had settled litigation relating to seven AstraZeneca patents covering the diabetes...
While treatments for scleroderma are in development, none are approved for the condition that is associated with high morbidity and mortality. The European Medicines Agency says guidance on how to design development programs for the disorder is needed.
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals’ Rezdiffra is on track to become the first medicine approved in the EU for non-cirrhotic metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis after the European Medicines Agency recommended that it be granted conditional marketing authorization.
Highlights from Day Four of the BIO International Convention include policy concerns helping constrain dealmaking, Novartis discussing its approach to partnering, and Generate looking for funding to move into Phase III.
