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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