Hemlibra Patent Dispute Spills Over Into Patient Community

After Shire seeks preliminary injunction to carve-out certain patients from obtaining the hemophilia treatment, Genentech issues open letter saying patients should not be put in the middle of a patent dispute.

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Genentech Inc. is fighting a patent challenge to its hemophilia A treatment Hemlibra in the court of public opinion in addition to in front of a US federal judge. The firm has posted an open letter to the hemophilia community to both reassure people that Hemlibra (emicizumab-kxwh) would remain available in the near-term and to denounce Shire PLC for seeking a court order to prevent all but a limited group of patients from having access to the product.

"We are writing this letter because we value transparency. The hemophilia community has fought hard to preserve access to healthcare...

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