Teva withdraws US challenge to Merck & Co's Singulair patent

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has withdrawn its appeal of a US district court ruling from last summer that upheld Merck & Co's compound patent on its top-selling asthma drug, Singulair (montelukast sodium), according to court documents. Merck is expected to maintain a hold on its franchise in the US until 2012.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has withdrawn its appeal of a US district court ruling from last summer that upheld Merck & Co's compound patent on its top-selling asthma drug, Singulair (montelukast sodium), according to court documents. Merck is expected to maintain a hold on its franchise in the US until 2012.

In August, a federal judge in the US District Court for the District of New Jersey upheld the validity of...

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