Court rules Remicade patent is invalid

The U.S. District Court in Massachusetts Federal Court has ruled a patent for Remicade, a top-selling rheumatoid arthritis drug sold by Johnson& Johnson subsidiary Janssen Biotech, is invalid. The court sided with the request for a summary judgement in the patent infringement dispute filed by Celltrion Healthcare Co. Ltd and Pfizer-owned Hospira Healthcare Corp., which want to sell a biosimilar version of the product. Johnson& Johnson (NYSE; JNJ) issued a statement following the ruling in which …
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