Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Germany and Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. together with Schering Corporation have filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the U.S. Federal Court in the District of Delaware against Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd.. The lawsuit concerns Teva's application to the FDA for approval to market a generic form of Levitra®, Bayer Schering Pharma's therapy for the treatment of erectile dysfunction, prior to patent expiration. The patent at issue in the suit is Bayer Schering Pharma's U.S. Patent No. 6,362,178, expiring in 2018. In the US, Levitra® is marketed by Schering-Plough and GlaxoSmithKline.
About Bayer HealthCareThe Bayer Group is a global enterprise with core competencies in the fields of health care, nutrition and high-tech materials. Bayer HealthCare, a subsidiary of Bayer AG, is one of the world’s leading, innovative companies in the healthcare and medical products industry and is based in Leverkusen, Germany. The company combines the global activities of the Animal Health, Bayer Schering Pharma, Consumer Care and Medical Care divisions. Bayer HealthCare’s aim is to discover and manufacture products that will improve human and animal health worldwide.
