Hollow victory for Baxter in Fresenius patent row?
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Baxter has prevailed in an ongoing patent dispute with Fresenius Medical Care (FMC), after a US district court in California judged the latter to be guilty of infringement and ordered the company to pay royalties to Baxter on sales of its 2008K haemodialysis machine. In addition, FMC was ordered to stop manufacturing and selling the product in the US from January 1 2009.