Medicure Files Patent Infringement Action

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Medicure Files Patent Infringement Action

PR Newswire

WINNIPEG, Nov. 16, 2018

WINNIPEG, Nov. 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ - Medicure Inc. ("Medicure") (TSXV:MPH, OTC:MCUJF), a cardiovascular pharmaceutical company, today announces that its subsidiary, Medicure International Inc., has filed a patent infringement action against Gland Pharma Ltd. ("Gland") in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, alleging infringement of U.S. Patent No. 6,770,660 ("the '660 patent").

The patent infringement action is in response to Gland's filing of an abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) seeking approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") to market a generic version of AGGRASTAT® (tirofiban hydrochloride) injection before the expiration of the '660 patent.

The '660 patent is listed in FDA's Orange Book for AGGRASTAT®.  Medicure will vigorously defend the '660 patent and will pursue the patent infringement action against Gland and all other legal options available to protect its product.

AGGRASTAT® is a platelet aggregation inhibitor indicated to reduce the rate of thrombotic cardiovascular events (combined endpoint of death, myocardial infarction, or refractory ischemia/repeat cardiac procedure) in patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS).

About Medicure

Medicure is a pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of therapeutics for the U.S. cardiovascular market. The present focus of the Company is the marketing and distribution of AGGRASTAT® (tirofiban hydrochloride) injection and ZYPITAMAGTM (pitavastatin magnesium) tablets in the United States, where they are sold through the Company's U.S. subsidiary, Medicure Pharma, Inc. For more information on Medicure please visit www.medicure.com.

To be added to Medicure's e-mail list, please visit: 
http://medicure.mediaroom.com/alerts

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Cision View original content:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/medicure-files-patent-infringement-action-300752397.html

SOURCE Medicure Inc.

Copyright CNW Group 2018

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