Novartis AG v Pharmacor PL [2025] FCAFC 33

PATENTS – infringement – standard patent for a pharmaceutical composition containing certain active pharmaceutical ingredients – claim construction – whether primary judge erred in construction of claim as not including a pharmaceutical composition where the active pharmaceutical ingredient is in the form of a complex in which the ions are associated by non-covalent bonds – no error shown PATENTS – extension of patent term – appeal against primary judge’s finding that the extension of term was not validly granted – s 70 Patents Act 1990 (Cth) – no error shown