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By Andrew Chung
(Reuters) â The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday dashed Novartis AGâs hopes of launching a generic version of Amgen Incâs multibillion-dollar rheumatoid arthritis Enbrel, declining to hear the companyâs challenge to two patents on the drug.
The justices turned away Novartis subsidiary Sandoz Incâs appeal of a lower court decision that upheld the validity of the patents.
Enbrel, a biologic also known as etanercept used to treat adults with moderate to severe active rheumatoid arthritis, is Amgenâs top-selling drug, accounting for nearly $5 billion of the companyâs $24.2 billion in product sales for 2020. Enbrel was launched in 1998 by Immunex Corp, which Amgen acquired in 2002.
U S Supreme Court snubs Novartis appeal over arthritis drug Enbrel
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