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The Medicines Company Clearing Last Hurdles to Patent Term Extension for Angiomax®

By Donald Zuhn, Kevin Noonan, Chris Singer, Sherri Oslick, and Jason Derry

By Kevin E. Noonan -- Last week, Judge Claude M. Hilton, District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, denied APP Pharmaceuticals request to intervene in The Medicines Company's lawsuit against the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office over the timeliness vel non of its Patent Term Extension Request for its patent on the blockbuster drug Angiomax® (bivalirudin). Coupled with indications from the Solicitor General (cited in APP's briefs) that the government is not inclined to appeal Judge Hilton's order that the Office accept as timely MDCO's Request, there seems to be few remaining obstacles that could prevent the term...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on September 17, 2010 (boomark / email).