Patent court against Schering in patent suit

Korea’s patent court on Thursday dismissed claims by Schering-Plough Inc. in a patent lawsuit against two local drug firms of Ildong and Hanlim over their Nasonex (mometasone furoate) nasal spray, a treatment for allergic rhinitis.

The court said in a ruling that their generic drug for allergic rhinitis treatment doesn’t infringe on a Schering patent as it claimed less adverse events in its ...