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Forest Wins Lexapro Patent Fight

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By: Tim Wright

Editor-in-Chief, Contract Pharma

The U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware has determined that Forest Laboratories‘ patent covering escitalopram, the active ingredient in Lexapro, is both valid, enforceable and infringed by Ivax/Teva’s proposed generic product. The ruling confirms patent rights for Lexapro, which expire in March 2012, for Forest and its partner H. Lundbeck A/S of Denmark....

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