Legal Opinion
Maruho Co. v. Miles, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 29, 1993No. 93-1385PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREYER, Chief Judge.
Miles, Inc., invented and patented a pain-kihing drug called Xorphanol. In 1984, Miles gave Pars Pharmaceutical Co. the
exclusive right throughout the world to make, have made, use and sell
Xorphanol, in return for which Pars promised to pay a royalty and
to use reasonable efforts directly or through its subcontractors to develop one or more compounds ... to the point of [obtaining] ... government ... approval for ... [Xorphanol’s] therapeutic use....
In 1988, Pars subhcensed the plaintiff in this lawsuit, Maruho, Inc., to develop Xorphanol “compounds” and to sell them in…
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