US Amgen ruling keeps generic psoriasis drug off market until 2028

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Amgen Inc convinced a U.S. appeals court on Wednesday to uphold patents that bar generic versions of its blockbuster psoriasis drug Otezla proposed by Zydus Pharmaceuticals and Novartis AG's Sandoz Inc until 2028.

a New Jersey federal court's ruling that Amgen patents covering the drug were valid and that the proposed generics would infringe them.would have barred its generics until 2034.

Amgen bought Otezla from Celgene Corp in 2019 for $13.4 billion. Celgene sued several drugmakers over their proposed Otezla generics starting in 2018, and 17 of the 19 lawsuits have been settled since. Zydus and Sandoz appealed the decision that two of the infringed patents were valid. The Federal Circuit on Wednesday affirmed the ruling.

 

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Corporate greed getting what it wants...

The list price of Otezla is over 4k for a thirty day supply.

sickening

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