On 6 July 2011, the European Commission announced that it has closed its antitrust investigation into allegations by Spanish pharmaceutical company Almirall that the German pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim filed for unmeritous patents in the area of new treatments for lung diseases and, more specifically, new treatments of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (“COPD”). Boehringer is the market leader in the
The EU Commission announces the closure of its antitrust investigation in the pharmaceutical sector (Almirall / Boehringer)
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