Appeals court upholds patent on Merck's Vytorin

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Appeals court upholds patent on Merck's Vytorin

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/appeals-court-upholds-patent-mercks-vytorin-172819967--finance.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/V2i7wfS1xlkoBfKht6kU9A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-02-07T193233Z_1_CBRE9161IAB00_RTROPTP_2_SCHERINGPLOUGH-MERCK.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Handout of Merck cholesterol drug Vytorin" align="left" title="Handout of Merck cholesterol drug Vytorin" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The patent on Merck &amp; Co's cholesterol fighters Zetia and Vytorin, two of the drugmaker's biggest products, is valid, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday. Vytorin combines Zocor, a member of the statin family developed by Merck, with a newer Merck cholesterol treatment called Zetia. Sales of Vytorin are $1.75 billion while sales of Zetia used by itself are another $2.6 billion a year. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit did not discuss the ruling at length and simply affirmed a decision by a lower court in New Jersey. The U.S. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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