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DewDiligence

07/21/14 1:29 PM

#180533 RE: linhdtu #180532

Still that begs the question how can Abbvie patent Pharmasset’s compound…?

ABBV didn’t patent Sovaldi per se, so ownership of the compound was not germane to patentability; rather, ABBV patented the “method of use” in combining Sovaldi with Ledipasvir (among various other all-oral combinations).