Lilly wins chemotherapy patent appeal
Firm also settles with generic manufacturers of erectile dysfunction drug Cialis
The UK supreme court has ruled that Actavis (now part of Accord Healthcare in the UK and Ireland), which produced alternative forms of chemotherapy drug Alimta (pemetrexed), directly infringed patents held by Eli Lilly in the UK, France, Spain and Italy. The decision reverses two earlier UK court rulings.