Watson Pharmaceuticals reaches patent litigation settlement with Teva Women's Health

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: WPI) today announced that its subsidiary, Watson Laboratories, Inc. has reached a settlement with Teva Women's Health, Inc. on outstanding patent litigation related to Teva's Seasonale® (levonorgestrel and ethinyl estradiol tablets USP, 0.15 mg/0.03 mg) product.

On December 13, 2007, Teva filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Watson in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey involving Watson's Quasense® product, which is a generic equivalent of Teva's Seasonale®.  Under terms of the settlement agreement, Teva has granted Watson a fully paid-up license to the U.S. patents covering Seasonale® and Watson will continue marketing its generic equivalent product Quasense® (levonorgestrel and ethinyl estradiol tablets USP, 0.15 mg/0.03 mg).  Watson further admits that the licensed patents are valid and enforceable.

SOURCE Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Comments

The opinions expressed here are the views of the writer and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of News Medical.
Post a new comment
Post

While we only use edited and approved content for Azthena answers, it may on occasions provide incorrect responses. Please confirm any data provided with the related suppliers or authors. We do not provide medical advice, if you search for medical information you must always consult a medical professional before acting on any information provided.

Your questions, but not your email details will be shared with OpenAI and retained for 30 days in accordance with their privacy principles.

Please do not ask questions that use sensitive or confidential information.

Read the full Terms & Conditions.

You might also like...
Study highlights disparities in stroke burden across regions