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Litigation

Apr. 17, 2014

University of California wants slice of prostate cancer drug profits

A San Francisco County Superior Court lawsuit alleges pharmacy company Medivation Inc. screwed the University of California out of millions when the company broke a 2005 licensing agreement to use a molecular compound for a cancer drug.


By Saul Sugarman


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO- Treating prostate cancer has been a lucrative business for San Francisco-based biopharmaceutical company Medivation Inc., but the University of California now wants what it sees as its fair share of the profits. A newly filed lawsuit alleges Medivation deprived the university of millions when the company broke a 2005 licensing agreement to use a molecular compound for a cancer drug.


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