Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) has granted Patent No. 9,000,021 for the use of bendamustine for treating patients requiring restricted fluid and/or sodium intake. The patent issued today expires in March 2033.
The same reasoning ought to hold when the FDA rules on ODE status for EGRX’s rapid-infusion Treanda. Note that TEVA waived ODE for branded Trenda as part of its Feb 2015 settlement with EGRX (#msg-110943484).