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Idec scores big win in patent lawsuit: judge rules that area firm didn''t infringe on patent of rival.

Publication: San Diego Business Journal
Publication Date: 27-OCT-03
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Idec scores big win in patent lawsuit: judge rules that area firm didn''t infringe on patent of rival.(News And Finance)(lymphoma drug Zevalin)

Article Excerpt
San Diego-based Idec Pharmaceuticals Corp. scored a big win when a judge ruled that its Seattle-based rival, Corixa Corp., and partners can't use four patents to block sales of Idec's lymphoma drug Zevalin.

Analysts said the ruling will have little effect on Idec, since Zevalin sales have been lagging. For Mehta Partners LLC analyst Patrick Schnegelsberg, who covers Idec, Zevalin's success will depend on other factors.

"(The court's decision) doesn't change our outlook for the company," said Schnegelsberg, commenting on the recent court ruling that Idec didn't infringe on patents held by Corixa.

Corixa's lawsuit sought either a court ruling to block the sale...

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