Daiichi Sankyo reaches agreement with Apotex to settle Evoxac patent litigation

Aug 5 2010

Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. and its parent company, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd, (collectively, "Daiichi Sankyo") have reached an agreement with Apotex Inc. and Apotex Corp. (collectively, "Apotex") to settle their patent litigation involving Apotex's challenge to Daiichi Sankyo's U.S. Patent Number 5,340,821 (hereinafter referred to as "the '821 patent") covering Evoxac® (cevimeline HCl).  Under the agreement, Apotex has received a license to the '821 patent that will permit Apotex to commercially launch its generic cevimeline HCl product in the fourth quarter of 2012.