Forward Pharma Appeal Dismissed By European Patent Office
September 07 2021 - 7:29AM
Dow Jones News
By Chris Wack
Forward Pharma A/S said the European Patent office's technical
appeal board dismissed its appeal of a previous decision to revoke
its EP2801355 patent.
The company said the board of appeal made its decision after
considering Forward's appeal against the decision of the Opposition
Division and third-party submissions from several opponents.
Forward Pharma said the board will issue detailed reasons for
the decision in written form in due course, and following receipt
and review of these, Forward will announce future plans for the
company. Such plans may involve a petition for review at the
Enlarged Board of Appeal of the EPO in an effort to overturn the
unfavorable outcome, but the likelihood of a petition for review
being successful is low. The denial of a petition for review would
end the opposition proceeding in favor of the opponents.
The company said that for all practical purposes, such denial or
the absence of a petition for review would represent an
unsuccessful outcome of the opposition proceeding, resulting in no
royalties being due to the company from Biogen based on Biogen's
future net sales outside the U.S., as defined in the Settlement and
License Agreement by and among Forward, subsidiaries of Biogen Inc.
and certain other parties thereto.
Forward Pharma shares were down 19% to $6.41 in premarket
trading.
Write to Chris Wack at chris.wack@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
September 07, 2021 07:14 ET (11:14 GMT)
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