A Chinese court backed patent protection for Pfizer Inc.'s (PFE.N:
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The verdict was announced by a Beijing court on Friday, according to the Journal's Saturday edition.
In July 2004, China's patent review board sided with a group of Chinese generic-drug makers that had challenged Pfizer's patent on sildenafil citrate, the main ingredient in Pfizer's blockbuster drug, the paper reported.
New York-based Pfizer posted Viagra sales of $1.65 billion in 2005.
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