Supreme Court Denies Apotex Inc.'s Petition for a Writ of Certiorari

BOONTON, N.J., March 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Unigene Laboratories, Inc. (OTCBB: UGNE), a leader in the design, delivery, manufacture and development of peptide-based therapeutics, today reported that the U.S. Supreme Court denied Apotex's Petition for a Writ of Certiorari on March 19, 2012, in Apotex, Inc., et al. v. Unigene Laboratories, Inc., et al., Supreme Court Docket No. 11-879. Thus, the validity of Unigene's U.S. patent on Fortical® has been confirmed by the District Court and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The August 25, 2011 decision of the Court of Appeals in favor of Unigene now stands as the final decision. The Court of Appeals ruled for Unigene affirming the District Court's grant of summary judgment of nonobviousness in favor of Unigene, affirmed the District Court's denial of Apotex's motions, and affirmed the District Court's dismissal of Apotex's new claims and defenses.

About Unigene Laboratories, Inc.
Unigene Laboratories, Inc. is a leader in the design, delivery, manufacture and development of peptide-based therapeutics. The Company is building a robust portfolio of proprietary partnerships in this expanding drug class based on its Peptelligence platform. Peptelligence encompasses extensive intellectual property covering drug delivery and manufacturing technologies, unsurpassed research and development expertise, and proprietary know-how representing a genuine distinctive competence. Core Peptelligence assets include proprietary oral and nasal peptide drug delivery technologies, and proprietary, high-yield, scalable and reproducible E. coli-based manufacturing technologies.

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