Oct 23, 2017
In September, Allergen, the pharmaceutical company that produces Restasis, announced that it would extend its for the dry-eye medicine patent by selling the patent to the Saint Regis Mohawk, a Native American Tribe. The tribe, located in upstate New York, would receive $13.75 million and claim sovereign immunity so that Allergen could avoid a patent challenge brought by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.