Dow Jones Newswires First to Report on Key Legal Victory for Merck as Judge Upholds Singulair Patent

- Market-Moving News Caused Merck Shares to Surge -


NEW YORK, Aug. 31  /PRNewswire/ -- On August 19, 2009, Dow Jones Newswires was ahead of the competition in reporting that a U.S. judge had upheld a patent for Merck's best-selling product, the asthma and allergy medication Singulair, preventing Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., the Israeli generics manufacturer, from selling copycat versions in the U.S. until the expiration of patent protection in 2012. This market-moving news caused Merck's shares to climb 4.1% on the day.

Dow Jones was nine minutes ahead of Reuters and five minutes ahead of Bloomberg - which cited Dow Jones.

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