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NL – Sandoz / Teva v. Bristol-Myers Squibb – Supreme Court Decision

21 Feb 2025

Sandoz B.V. v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Holdings Ireland Unlimited Company and Teva B.V., Teva Nederland B.V. & Pharmachemie B.V. v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Holdings Ireland Unlimited Company, Supreme Court of The Netherlands, Case nos. ECLI:NL:HR:2025:260 and ECLI:NL:HR:2025:262

Apixaban – Inventive step – Interpretation G 2/21 – Validity Transfer Priority Rights

The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal in cassation lodged by the generics without further motivation. A-G Van Peursem concluded earlier that the appeal in cassation should be dismissed.

An earlier post about the opinion of the A-G can be read here.

The Supreme Court decisions can be read here and here.