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Praluent Injunction Goes Unmentioned At PCSK9 Patent Case Appeal

 
• By Sue Sutter

Three-judge US federal appellate panel focuses on evidentiary rulings and patent validity in the dispute between Repatha marketer Amgen and Sanofi/Regeneron; lower court’s permanent injunction barring sales of Praluent did not come up at oral arguments.

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A federal appeals court panel that heard oral arguments in the PCSK9 inhibitor patent dispute June 6 focused its attention on evidentiary rulings and the validity of Amgen Inc.’s patents but did not raise any questions about a lower court order blocking US sales of Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s Praluent (alirocumab).

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