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Rx IP Update - January 2019

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IN THIS ISSUE: -Abbott/Takeda permitted to plead that a third party’s patent would be infringed by alleged non-infringing alternative - PMPRB News: **PMPRB issues a Notice of Hearing for allegations of excessive...more

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Abbott/Takeda permitted to plead that a third party’s patent would be infringed by alleged non-infringing alternative

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On the eve of a section 8 trial, the Ontario Superior Court granted Abbott and Takeda leave to amend their pleadings to assert that Apotex’s purported non-infringing alternative (NIA) was unlawful as it would have infringed a...more

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Ontario Superior Court dismisses summary judgment motion in Lansoprazole Section 8 Claim

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On February 27, 2017, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (2017 ONSC 1348) dismissed a motion for summary judgment brought by Abbott Laboratories and Takeda Pharmaceuticals, the defendants in an action for damages brought...more

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Rx IP Update - March 2017

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Tribunal dismisses Eli Lilly’s NAFTA challenge on promise utility doctrine - As previously reported, Eli Lilly submitted claims to international arbitration under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) seeking...more

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A Change of Pace for Product Liability Class Actions: Certification Denied in Two Recent Cases

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Oft-referred to as “quintessential class actions”, the majority of product liability actions that have sought certification as class proceedings in the last 10 years have been granted certification. However, two recent...more

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B.C. Court Finds Methodology to Prove Causation is Required to Certify Pharmaceutical Class Actions

On January 22, 2015, the British Columbia Court of Appeal set aside certification of a class action against Apotex Inc. and Abbott Laboratories Ltd. in Charlton v. Abbott Laboratories Ltd. (Charlton), in which the plaintiffs...more

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