Regardless of the outcome, the case raises an important legal question: how can a firm like Apotex bring a generic drug to market when others own a perfectly valid patent for it?

不管最后结果如何，该案例引发了一个重大的法律问题：象Apotex这样的仿制药品怎么会闯入别人拥有完全有效专利认可的药品市场呢？

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Glaxo was defending its Paxil, an antidepressant, against a challenge from generic drug maker Apotex .

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Canadian generic firm Apotex says it is planning to launch a knockoff no later than 2005.

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To hold on to it, Dolan cut a deal meant to keep Apotex at bay.

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