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22 July 2015Americas

Federal Circuit says ‘patent dance’ is optional

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled that biosimilar applicants can opt out of the so-called patent dance, paving the way for Sandoz to sell a biosimilar version of an Amgen drug.

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