UK Patent ‘Plausibility’: Landmark Lyrica Case May Get Supreme Court Ruling By Early Summer

Companies looking forward to a ruling from the Supreme Court on “plausibility” in the UK case involving second medical use patents may have to wait until May or June.

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The Supreme Court is expected to rule on the plausibility of patent claims in a few months' time • Source: Shutterstock/ScottMaxwell LuMaxArt

Last week, the UK Supreme Court held a four-day hearing on an issue that should help to determine the level of evidence pharmaceutical companies will have to provide to demonstrate the “plausibility” of a patent claim, particularly one that applies to second medical use patents.

As well hopefully elucidating the evidence required for plausibility, the ruling on this case, which involves Pfizer Inc

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