Krka, d. d., Novo mesto (hereinafter as “Krka”) announces to the interested public that Krka received on 22 March 2010 the judgement of the District Court in Ljubljana with which the court refused the lawsuit filed by Merck Frosst Canada Limited, Purdy's Wharf Tower One, 1959 Upper Water Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada against the defendants, Salus, d. d., Mašera Spasičeva ulica 10, Ljubljana, Slovenia and Krka related to the alleged infringement of the patent protecting the API montelukast in Slovenia. With this lawsuit the plaintiff claimed that manufacturing, offering for sale, marketing, and importing of the product Monkasta or any other product containing active pharmaceutical ingredient montelukast is prohibited in Slovenia and the relevant damage is paid.

The decision of the District Court in Ljubljana has not been final yet.

Krka published the information relating to monkasta dispute in Slovenia on 13 March 2008 and 5 December 2008.