CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 4, 2006--ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARIA - News) and its co-plaintiffs today announced that the jury in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts has found in favor of the plaintiffs in their lawsuit against Eli Lilly and Company ("Lilly") alleging infringement of the plaintiffs' pioneering U.S. patent covering methods of treating human disease by regulating NF-(kappa)B cell-signaling activity. The jury ruled unanimously in favor of the plaintiffs in finding that the claims of the NF-(kappa)B patent asserted in the lawsuit are valid and infringed by Lilly with respect to Lilly's osteoporosis drug, Evista®, and Lilly's septic shock drug, Xigris®.
