Pfizer Inc. Release: Court in Denmark Upholds Two Lipitor Patents, Prevents Launch of Ranbaxy Laboratories Generic Product before November 2011

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pfizer Inc said today that the Eastern Division of the High Court in Copenhagen, Denmark has ruled in the company’s favor in challenges to two of its patents covering atorvastatin, the active ingredient in Lipitor. The basic (DK 171,588) and enantiomer (EP 409,281) patents were challenged by generics manufacturer Ranbaxy.
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