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Angiotech, Boston Scientific, J&J cardiovascular news

March 19, 2007 7:00 AM UTC

The European Patent Office rejected an attempt by JNJ subsidiary Conor Medsystems Inc. to appeal the office's earlier decision upholding ANP's European Patent No. 0,706,376 covering stents coated with paclitaxel and a polymeric carrier (see BioCentury, Feb. 7, 2005). The patent relates to the Taxus paclitaxel stent, which is sold by BSX under an agreement with ANP (see BioCentury, Dec. 6, 2004). ...