Teva, Momenta, Sandoz, Google, Clorox: Intellectual Property
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Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. may face competition to its top-selling multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone a year earlier than analysts expected after a mixed U.S. court ruling on the patents covering the medicine.
Four patents that expire in May 2014 were upheld July 26 by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, while other patent claims on the drug were invalidated. One of those invalidated patents expires in September 2015.