CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARIA) today announced that the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware granted ARIAD’s motion to permit an immediate appeal of the Court’s summary judgment ruling of non-infringement by Amgen’s drug, Enbrel® (etanercept), of seven claims of U.S. Patent No. 6,410,516 (the ‘516 patent). The Court also cancelled the trial scheduled for November 2008 and administratively closed the case at this time.
