The Japan IP High Court has confirmed the decisions of the Japan Patent Office and ruled against domestic firm Sawai in the invalidation trials initiated by Sawai Pharmaceutical regarding vitamin regimen patents for Alimta (pemetrexed for injection).
In the fourth quarter of 2015, the Japan Patent Office issued written decisions upholding the validity of US pharma major Eli Lilly’s (NYSE: LLY) Alimta vitamin regimen patents.
This adds to Lilly’s recent patent win for the Alimta vitamin regimen in the USA, although the company has not been successful in protecting this intellectual property in Germany and the UK.
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