Under the Radar: Liquidia Stock Soars After Settling Patent Fight -- WSJ
Dow Jones2026/10/14 14:24By Xavier Martinez
Shares of Liquidia surged nearly 30% this morning after the company settled six lawsuits with rival United Therapeutics, ending multiyear litigation that had threatened to restrict sales of Liquidia's main drug, called Yutrepia.
Morrisville, N.C.-based Liquidia said it will pay around $380 million to United Therapeutics through 2027. Yutrepia, an inhaled lung drug, will stay on the market for pulmonary arterial hypertension, a disease that narrows the arteries in the lungs.
In September, a judge found Liquidia infringed a United Therapeutics patent covering the use of the active ingredient in Yutrepia to treat patients with a different lung disease. Liquidia shares fell 57% that day. As part of its settlement, Liquidia agreed not to appeal and said it will stop promoting Yutrepia for that condition.
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