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Plexxikon Wins Tafinlar Patent Dispute Case Against Novartis

 
• By Joseph Haas

The Daiichi Sankyo affiliate successfully argued that Novartis willfully infringed two patents covering its discoveries in the BRAF inhibitor drug class, getting nearly $178m in damages and future royalties.

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District Court patent infringement decision brings Plexxikon $178m in damages

Plexxikon, Inc. won a patent infringement lawsuit against Novartis AG on 22 July, in a dispute over intellectual property rights for cancer drug Tafinlar (dabrafenib) and the BRAF inhibitor class, giving the Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. subsidiary $177.8m in damages along with royalty rights on US sales of Tafinlar for the remainder of its US patent life.

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