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Saturday, Oct 02, 2004
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Corporate Disputes Marketing - IPR Industry & Economy - Pharmaceuticals Merck sues Dr Reddy's for patent violation Our Bureau
Hyderabad , Oct. 1 THE global pharmaceutical major Merck has sued Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd alleging patent infringement by the latter. In a press release here on Friday, Dr Reddy's said it had filed an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) with the US Food and Drug Administration for Finasteride tablets 1 mg with a Paragraph-IV certification on three of the four Orange Book patents listed for the drug, in June 2002. Subsequently in September 2002, Dr Reddy's had notified Merck, upon which the latter did not file a lawsuit within the 45-day period under the Hatch-Waxman Act. However, on September 29, Merck filed a lawsuit against Dr Reddy's in the US District Court for the District of Delaware, alleging infringement on the `817' and `957' patents.
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