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Novartis pursues legal actions to defend intellectual property rights for high blood pressure medicine Lotrel following US court ruling

Published in Drug Law Weekly, June 5th, 2007

Novartis is pursuing its legal defense after a US federal court judge on Monday extended a temporary restraining order related to a patent infringement lawsuit involving Lotrel(R) until May 29 and stopped Teva Pharmaceuticals from shipping any further generic copies of this Novartis medicine to distributors and customers until further notice.

However, the judge has allowed Teva to sell any generic copies of Lotrel, a single-tablet combination therapy for patients with high blood pressure, that reached distributors and customers before a court order on Saturday to halt sales before Monday's hearing.

US District Court Judge Dennis M. Cavanaugh issued...

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Source: Drug Law Weekly (2007-06-05)

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