Bio­gen fi­nal­ly scores win in its fight to pre­vent copy­cats of MS drug in the EU

Af­ter fail­ing to block gener­ics for Tec­fidera in the US, Bio­gen snagged a win in Eu­rope in its fight to pre­vent copy­cat ver­sions of its block­buster mul­ti­ple scle­ro­sis drug.

Ac­cord­ing to SEC fil­ings, the Eu­ro­pean Com­mis­sion (EC) on Wednes­day let Bio­gen know that it de­cid­ed to ex­tend reg­u­la­to­ry mar­ket pro­tec­tion of Tec­fidera (di­methyl fu­marate) un­til Feb. 2, 2025. Bio­gen will have ex­clu­sive rights in Eu­rope with­out the threat of oth­er com­pa­nies de­vel­op­ing gener­ics with the same ac­tive in­gre­di­ents.

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