Key UK Xarelto Patent Knocked Out Again In Boost For Generics Manufacturers

Teva, Sandoz, Viatris Among Many Firms Celebrating Dismissal Of Bayer’s Appeal

Bayer has been left reeling after the UK Court of Appeal found in favor of generics manufactures and reaffirmed a decision to revoke a key patent shielding its blood-thinner blockbuster Xarelto (rivaroxaban). Challenges to Xarelto’s IP are continuing apace across Europe.

Nov 2, 2019 San Francisco / CA / USA - Bayer offices located in Mission Bay District; Bayer AG is a German multinational pharmaceutical and life sciences company, one of the largest in the world
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Generic versions of Bayer’s anticoagulant juggernaut Xarelto (rivaroxaban) in the UK have been handed a clearer path to market, after the originator failed in its expedited appeal against a recent High Court decision revoking a key Xarelto key method-of-administration patent.

A panel of three UK Court of Appeal justices were in agreement that High Court judge Richard Hacon had made...

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