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Biotech & Health Fortnightly News
9 August 2005

IP law update 

Regular intellectual property news from Australia and overseas.


Court finds Mayne infringed Pharmacia patent

August 8 – Justice Crennan of the Federal Court of Australia has ruled that Mayne's chemotherapy cancer drug, Epirubicin, infringes an Australian patent owned by a Pfizer subsidiary, Pharmacia Italia. Mayne has said that it will not appeal the decision. The court has granted an injunction against Mayne, including against it using Epirubicin. The terms of the final injunction are pending.

[Source: Reuters]

 

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