Gilead files 2nd patent suit against Teva

14 May 2009

Gilead Sciences has filed a law suit in the US District Court in New York against Teva Pharmaceuticals USA and its Israel-based parent Teva  Pharmaceutical Industries, for infringement of US patent numbers  6,642,245 and 6,703,396. Both patents are associated with  emtricitabine, a component of Truvada (emtricitabine and tenofovir  disoproxil fumarate) and of Atripla (efavirenz 600mg/emtricitabine  200mg/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate 300mg), and are licensed  exclusively to Gilead by Emory University. This is its second suit  against Teva.

The law suit follows an Abbreviated New Drug Application filing by  Teva, which seeks approval to manufacture and market a generic version  of Atripla before the expiration of both emtricitabine patents.

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