In Brief: Cordis stent suit
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Cordis stent suit: Johnson & Johnson subsidiary adds Arterial Vascular Engineering, Boston Scientific and SciMed Lifesystems to the list of defendants in its Oct. 3 coronary stent patent infringement suit against Guidant, AVE states. The suit was filed in federal district court in Delaware ("The Gray Sheet" Oct. 13, In Brief). AVE filed a premarket approval application for its coronary stent systems Aug. 4 ("The Gray Sheet" Aug. 18, In Brief). "We have reviewed the lawsuit and believe we have meritorious defenses to the claims alleged and we do not believe this will impact our ability to successfully commercialize our stent systems in the U.S.," AVE states...