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Wednesday, 30 April 2025
Posted 30 April 2025 AM
Sanofi has hit another obstacle to marketing its cholesterol drug Praluent in Australia, as the Federal Court upheld patents that could block the drug until at least 2028.
Federal Court Justice John Nicholas, who is set to retire, has dismissed Sanofi's appeal of the 2022 decision of an IP Australia delegate which granted patents to Amgen protecting Repatha. In the calendar year 2024 Repatha earned $54.1 million in pre-rebate R/PBS reimbursements.
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