As previously reported, in December last year a Californian court held that Gilead Sciences’ Kite Pharma’s sales of its blood cancer immunotherapy Yescarta infringed Juno Therapeutic’s exclusively licensed patent and awarded Juno $752 million damages. If you would like to read more about what happened within the Juno case in 2019, read more here.
In two recent judgements, Kite’s woes have worsened with the US courts dismissing Kite’s appeal to have the ruling overturned on the basis that the patent was invalid, and upholding Juno’s petition for enhanced damages due to wilful infringement.
Last week a US judge found that the infringement had been wilful and ordered Kite to pay “enhanced damages” of more than $389 million bringing the total award against Kite to more than $1.1 billion.
Gilead Sciences, who own Kite, have said they will appeal this decision.
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