Legal Opinion
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary v. QLT, INC.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided July 10, 2007No. CIV.A.00 10783 WGYPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
YOUNG, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
This lawsuit is the result of failed business negotiations for a royalty on the net sales of Visudyne, a blockbuster drug prescribed to treat age-related macular de generation. In the early to mid-1990s, researchers at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (“MEEI”) demonstrated that the drug had promise in treating age-related macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness. QLT, Inc. (“QLT”) owns the compositional patent to the drug. QLT promised MEEI that it would negotiate for the licensing rights to the medical procedure. After the…
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