Takeaways From Fed Circ. Opinions In Roche V. Apotex

Law360, New York (June 13, 2014, 12:42 PM EDT) -- In a recent Federal Circuit 2-1 decision in Hoffman-La Roche v. Apotex, (Fed. Cir. April 11, 2014), the majority held that Roche's discovery of a method of treating osteoporosis through the once-monthly, 150 mg oral administration of Boniva (ibandronate sodium, hereafter ibandronate) would have been obvious to one skilled in the relevant art, over the dissent of Judge Pauline Newman who would have held that the Boniva regimen success could not have been predicted and that important secondary considerations were not given proper weight....

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