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Shaken MorphoSys ‘Assessing Options’ After Losing US Darzalex Patent Ruling

 
• By Sten Stovall

But German Biotech says court summary judgement will have no bearing on MorphoSys's own CD38 antibody MOR202.

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MorphoSys AG said it was "disappointed" about a US court ruling against the German biotech in its three-year patent dispute with Danish biotech Genmab AS and pharma giant Johnson & Johnson over blood cancer blockbuster Darzalex (daratumumab). The ruling has blocked the start of a jury trial.

The complaint, filed in 2016 by MorphoSys with the US District Court of Delaware, alleges that Darzalex, an antibody-based biologic...

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