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Pfizer patent blow after UK ruling on €4.4bn pain drug

Pfizer has lost the final round in a long-running patent battle in the UK after the country’s highest court ruled against it in a case involving its €4.4bn-a-year pain drug Lyrica.

Pfizer patent blow after UK ruling on €4.4bn pain drug

Thu, 15 Nov, 2018 - 07:15

By Ben Hirschler

Pfizer has lost the final round in a long-running patent battle in the UK after the country’s highest court ruled against it in a case involving its €4.4bn-a-year pain drug Lyrica.

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