Allergan slammed as federal judge invalidates Restasis patents, slaps Mohawk deal
For weeks now Allergan has been hammered by a growing legion of critics in and out of Congress for its recent decision to shift control of its patents for Restasis to the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe in an attempt to shield them from an administrative review.
But that may have been all for naught.
A federal judge in Texas today ruled that Allergan’s Restasis patents, the last line of protection from generics which aim to steal away their $1.5 billion franchise, are invalid. But the tribal rights had nothing to do with that decision. The judge centered his decision on his belief that the ideas the patents sought to protect were too obvious to protect, according to Reuters.
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