Pfizer, Mylan Settle With Sanofi Over Epinephrine Injector
Mylan Inc. (MYL) and a unit of Pfizer Inc. (PFE), the world’s largest drugmaker, settled patent litigation with France’s Sanofi (SAN) over a device used to treat severe allergic reactions.
Sanofi may start selling the device, the Intelliject epinephrine e-cue auto injector, beginning Nov. 15, according to the settlement with Pfizer’s Meridian Medical Technologies, Mylan and Pfizer said in a statement today. The sales are contingent upon final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
“We are pleased with this settlement,” said Mylan Chief Executive Officer Heather Bresch. “In addition to our significant efforts in this area, people with life-threatening allergic reactions will benefit from more voices in the fight” against such reactions.
The initial lawsuit was filed in January 2011 in federal court in Wilmington, Delaware, by Meridian, which makes the EpiPen, alleging the Intelliject product would infringe a U.S. patent. Further terms of the settlement weren’t released.
Mylan is based in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, and Pfizer is based in New York.
The case is King Pharmaceuticals v. Intelliject Inc., 11CV65, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware (Wilmington).To see the patent, click: 7,794,432
To contact the reporter on this story: Phil Milford in Wilmington, Delaware, at pmilford@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Michael Hytha at mhytha@bloomberg.net.
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