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Sumitomo Chemical Files Suit Against Pfizer for Amlodipine Besilate.


Tokyo, Japan, Nov 2, 2005 - (JCNN JCNN Japan Corporate News Network ) - Sumitomo Chemical announced on November 1 that it and its subsidiary Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma have jointly filed suit against Pfizer in the Tokyo District Court Tokyo District Court (東京地方裁判所; Tōkyō Chihō Saibansho) is a district court in Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. See also
  • Judicial system of Japan
 on the same day.

In response to a preliminary injunction A temporary order made by a court at the request of one party that prevents the other party from pursuing a particular course of conduct until the conclusion of a trial on the merits.

A preliminary injunction is regarded as extraordinary relief.
 petition filed by Pfizer in October, the two companies seek a declaratory judgment that their right to manufacture and sell amoldipine besilate remains valid. Amoldipine besilate is a hypertension drug discovered by Pfizer.

Since 1991, Pfizer and Sumitomo Pharamceuticals, one of the two predecessor companies of Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma, have entered into a licensing agreement for amoldipine bestilate.

Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals has been marketing the agent under the trade name of Amoldin since then.

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