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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`WATSON LABORATORIES, INC.
`Petitioner
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`UNITED THERAPEUTICS, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`Patent No. 9,339,507
`Issue Date: July 13, 2017
`Title: TREPROSTINlL ADMNISTRATION BY INHALATION
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`Inter Panes Review No. 2017—01622
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`DECLARATION OF DR. FRANK REICHENBERGER
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`I, Dr. Frank Reichenberger, hereby declare as follows:
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`I was a member of University of Giessen and Marng Lung Center
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`(‘TJGMLC”), a research center at the University Hospital Giessen studying
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`pulmonary hypertension.
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`I am not a paid consultant for United Therapeutics Corporation, which
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`I understand is the assignee of US. Patent No. 9,339,507, in connection with
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`911201101622.
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`I am a co—author of the German language article: Hossein Ardeschir
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`Ghofrani er a1. “Neue Therapieoptionen in der Behandlung der pulmonalarteriellen
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`Hypertonie,”l Herz, 30, 4 (June 2005): 296-302 (“the Ghofi-ani article”). I
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`understand that Watson Laboratories, Inc. (“Watson”) submitted an English
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`language translation of this article in this proceeding (Exhibit 1005), which I have
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`reviewed-
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`Dr. Friedrich Grimminger and I both have experience in the use of
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`selective endothelin A receptor agonists for treatment pulmonary hypertension.
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`Therefore, we were asked by Dr. Werner Seeger to drafi the section of the
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`Ghofrani article relating to selective endothelin A receptor agonists. And indeed,
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`we did draft this section. In Exhibit 1005, this section is on page 3. In line with
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`I The title is translated as “New therapies in the treanncnt of pulmonary
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`hypertension” in Exhibit 1005.
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`the normal practice in the UGMLC research center, both Dr. Grimminger and I
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`were listed as authors on the Ghofrani article for this contribution.
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`5.
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`I did not make material contributions to any other section of the
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`Ghofrani article, and I specifically did not contribute to the following excerpt:
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`Initial trials in Giessen have shown proof of efficacy of inhaled
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`treprostinil for the effective reduction of the pulmonary vascular
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`resistance (PVR) [6]. In this first study, 17 patients with severe pre—
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`capillary pulmonary hypertension were administered inhaled
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`treprostinil (15 mcg!inhalation). This led to a major reduction in
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`pulmonary selective pressure and resistance with an overall duration
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`of action of > 180 min. In direct comparison with inhaled iloprost,
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`inhaled teprostinil showed a stronger pulmonary selectivity, so that it
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`is possible to increase the dosage to up to 90 mcg (absolute inhaled
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`dose per inhalation exercise) without adverse effects occurring [6].
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`Due to these unique properties (pronounced pulmonary selectivity and
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`long duration of action after an individual inhalation), it is possible to
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`reduce the number inhalations necessary to up to four per day; the
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`inhalation period can be reduced to < l min. by selecting a suitable
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`device. Additionally, the initial data shows that it is technically
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`feasible for there to be only one to two breaths in an application.
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`The information in this excerpt was compiled and composed by Dr. Robert
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`Voswinckel and Dr. Werner Seeger, and the idea to perform the underlying work
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`originated with them.
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`6. Dr. Hossein A. Ghofiaoi — the first listed author —drafted the section of the
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`Ghofi-ani article reiating to phosphodiesterase mhibitors, and the remaining
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`sections on vasoactive therapy, inhaled iloprost, combination therapies, and
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`treatment of eariy forms of treatment of pulmonary hypertension, as well as the
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`introduction were drafted by Dr. Hossein A. Ghofrani and Dr. Werner Seeger.
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`[The remainder oftkis page is intentionafb/ iefi Manic]
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`7- I hereby declare that all statements made herein of my knowledge are true
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`and that all statements made on information and belief are believed to be true; and
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`fixrther that these statements were made with the knowledge that willful false
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`statements and the like so made are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both
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`under Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States Code.
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`Date:
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