Allergan USA, Forest Laboratories and Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc. have filed a patent infringement suit against a group of pharmaceutical companies trying to bring generic versions of the gastrointestinal drug Linzess to market.

The complaint, filed Wednesday in Delaware District Court, accuses generic drugmakers Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Mylan, Sandoz and Aurobindo Pharma of infringing as many as 70 claims of eight patents related to the popular drug, which is used to treat irritable bowel syndrome with constipation and chronic idiopathic constipation.

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