Amgen’s patents protect Epogen. Again.
Posted by smaranya on 29th August , 2007 Amgen’s got a record of savvy patenting to protect their blockbusters, and they’ve just done it again.
A U.S. Federal District Court in Boston has ruled that Roche’s pegylated-erythropoietin infringes one of Amgen’s patents.
I’m eager to hear the backstory on this one. Amgen previously prevented Transkaryotic (now owned by Shire) from using a completely different [...]