Novartis

Law Enforcement In The Health Care Industry: What Do New Cases Against Novartis Tell Us?

by Jonathan Sack | Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello P.C.... on 5/9/2013

In recent years, pharmaceutical companies have faced criminal investigations and charges in regard to alleged off-label marketing of prescription drugs and kickbacks to doctors. For this reason, the filing last month of two...more

US Sues Novartis for Alleged Pharmacy Kickback Scheme

by Josh Crank | Lawyers.com on 4/30/2013

Swiss drug maker Novartis has been sued by a U.S. Attorney for allegedly paying kickbacks to pharmacies that converted thousands of patients to one of its drugs. The civil fraud suit accuses the company of disguising the...more

Supreme Court of India Denies Novartis Patent Application

by Amita Gopinath | Miller Canfield on 4/4/2013

In a landmark judgment delivered on April 1, 2013, the Supreme Court of India dismissed an appeal by Novartis AG, a Swiss pharmaceutical giant, to win patent protection in India for its cancer drug Glivec. The polarizing...more

News from Abroad: UK Court of Appeal Upholds Invalidity of Enantiomer Patent

by McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 4/1/2013

Originally published in WP Thompson & Co. on April 1, 2013. The "Obvious to Try" Test Is Overused in Assessing Obviousness - The UK Court of Appeal Decision in Novartis AG vs Generics (UK) Ltd (trading as United...more

Court Report -- March 17, 2013

by Sherri Oslick | McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 3/18/2013

In This Issue: Apotex, Inc. et al. v. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. et al.; Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH et al. v. Rea; Janssen Products, L.P. et al. v. Hetero Drugs, Ltd. et al.; Novartis Pharmaceuticals...more

Novartis Issues Massive Recall on Triaminic, Theraflu and Other Products

by Demas Law Group on 2/7/2013

There are many reasons that a company will decide that it needs to initiate a recall of one or more of its products. Some situations involve products that, even if they are used properly, present an unreasonable level of...more

ERISA: Plan Language Controls Even When an Adhesion Contract and Plan Language is “Not What a Reasonable Employee Would Expect.”

by D. Michael Reilly | Lane Powell PC - ERISA Law on 1/25/2013

Will courts enforce Plan language even when a 24 month limitation is “not what a reasonable employee would expect” to see in a disability plan? YES....more

Fenwick Employment Brief - January 07, 2011

by Fenwick & West LLP on 1/7/2011

In this issue: California Employer Allowed to Pursue Defamation Action Against Protesting Employees; Payroll Company Not an Employer Under the California Labor Code or FLSA; PAGA Claims On The Rise – Suitable Seating Just...more

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