Novartis’ US dosage-regimen patent 9,187,405 for Gilenya (fingolimod) 0.5mg capsules is not invalid and is also infringed by HEC Pharm’s proposed abbreviated new drug application product, a US district court has ordered, shooting down the potential for generic competition this year to the $1.8bn blockbuster.
The Chinese firm was “the only generic actively challenging the key Gilenya patent in a district court litigation,” Morgan Stanley...






