Pregabalin litigation - why did the SPCs lapse?

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31 May 2018
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Writing in the GRUR Newsletter ahead of the decision of the Supreme Court on the validity of a European patent owned by a subsidiary of Pfizer, covering the use of pregabalin in the treatment of pain, Darren Smyth looks at the various theories as to why the related SPCs were allowed to lapse.

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