Musculoskeletal

Takeda scores blockbuster Velcade patent reprieve till 2022 In a major lift for Takeda and its aging multiple myeloma blockbuster Velcade, a U.S. appeals court overturned a ruling that invalidated a key patent, granting new exclusivity that should translate to significant sales over time. Takeda will have exclusive protections on Velcade until 2022 because of the court’s Monday opinion, which found the “district court erred” in its decision to strike down a key Velcade patent. That's a coup for Takeda, which relies on Velcade's revenue and had braced for generic rivals later this year. The cancer medication brought in an estimated $1 billion in the U.S. last year, and ...