Courage says the ruling is important because it now means that companies looking to invalidate patents, like some who manufacture generic drugs, will not be able to do so by arguing that a company that
manufactures brand name drugs over-promised its intended uses in its initial patent application.
Not exact matches
(That's different from
manufacturing a small - molecule generic, which will have the exact chemical structure of the
brand -
name drug.)
Fosamax is the
brand name for alendronate, a type of bisphosphonate
drug that is
manufactured by Merck & Co..
For patented medications (
brand name drugs), countries may have certain mandatory licensing programs which compel, in certain situations, a medication's owner to contract with other agents to
manufacture the
drug.