Pharmaceutical Business review

Ariad announces disappointing ruling from Amgen patent infringement lawsuit

The court found that administration of Enbrel falls outside the scope of the asserted claims based on the court’s interpretation of these claims to exclude extracellular methods of reducing NF-eB activity.

Harvey Berger, chairman and CEO of Ariad, said: “We are disappointed by these rulings on claim construction and non-infringment, and plan to pursue the appropriate legal action to obtain review of the rulings.”