Ariad Pharmaceuticals, the Cambridge, MA-based biotech company, said today that the U.S. District Court in Delaware has allowed an immediate appeal of a ruling that said Amgen’s arthritis drug Enbrel isn’t infringing on Ariad’s patents. A ruling on the appeal is expected to take 12 to 18 months, said Ariad CEO Harvey Berger, in a statement.
Author: Luke Timmerman
Luke is an award-winning journalist specializing in life sciences. He has served as national biotechnology editor for Xconomy and national biotechnology reporter for Bloomberg News. Luke got started covering life sciences at The Seattle Times, where he was the lead reporter on an investigation of doctors who leaked confidential information about clinical trials to investors. The story won the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award and several other national prizes. Luke holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and during the 2005-2006 academic year, he was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT.
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