Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, Mass., announced that it has sued Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts for infringement of two Momenta patents. The patents cover the company’s innovative methods of producing enoxaparin sodium, which assure that the commercial product meets standards for identity and quality. One patent, U.S. Patent No. 7,790,466, is related to methods of processing enoxaparin to determine the presence of certain tetrasaccharide structures. The second patent, U.S. Patent No. 7,575,886, is related to methods of analyzing enoxaparin for the presence of a certain structural signature.

“Momenta has made a substantial investment in the development of novel methods that make it possible to assure the quality of complex products,” stated Craig Wheeler, President and Chief Executive Officer of Momenta. “We intend to vigorously enforce our patent rights to protect our investment in innovative science.”

Date: December 2, 2010
Source: Momenta Pharmaceuticals