Famvir Patent Settlement: 17 Months After At-Risk Launch, Teva Must Pay Novartis
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Teva's at-risk strategy produces another muddled outcome as the generic firm now owes Novartis royalties on U.S. sales of its generic version of the herpes drug.
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