Biogen Secures First-Round Patent Win For Tecfidera; One More To Go

PTAB rejected an inter partes review challenge to a key patent protecting the oral multiple sclerosis blockbuster to 2028 in the US, but another challenge remains outstanding.

Biogen's victory over hedge fund manager Kyle Bass' inter partes review (IPR) challenge to a patent protecting its oral multiple sclerosis blockbuster Tecfidera lifts one overhang for the company, but it doesn’t clear the intellectual property headwinds entirely.

On March 21, the US Patent & Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) rejected an IPR challenge against...

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