Date:30/08/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/30/stories/2008083056701500.htm

Business

Pfizer wins Lipitor patent case

NEW DELHI: Global pharma giant Pfizer on Friday said it had won a legal battle in Denmark in its ongoing patent litigation over anti-cholesterol drug, Lipitor, with Ranbaxy Laboratories. Eastern Division of the High Court in Copenhagen, Denmark had ruled in the company’s favour which challenged two of its patents covering atorvastatin, the active ingredient in Lipitor, Pfizer said in a statement. The decision, which is subject to possible appeal, prevents Ranbaxy from launching its generic product before November 2011.