IS THE A IN ANDA BEGINNING TO MEAN ANTITRUST?
In Silvergate Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Bionpharma Inc., the US District Court for the District of Delaware decided an open question regarding pre-filing investigation and attorney fees under Title 35 of the US Code, Section...more
The Federal Circuit heard oral argument on November 8, 2024, grappling with the issue of what patent claims may properly be listed in the Orange Book. In late 2023, Teva filed a complaint for patent infringement in response...more
On October 2, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released guidance in a question and answer format regarding the use of electronic systems, electronic records, and electronic signatures in clinical...more
This chart tracks the date, drug, reference-listed company, applicant, and indications of publicly available drug launches resulting from Abbreviated New Drug Applications and 505(b)(2) Applications....more
This chart summarizes the case name, drug, patents-in-suit, and publicly available terms for reported settlements in federal district court cases that are filed pursuant to the Hatch-Waxman Act....more
As the FTC continues to crack down on pharmaceutical manufacturers’ allegedly improper listing of patents in the FDA Orange Book, counsel for Teva and Amneal presented oral arguments in the Court of Appeals for the Federal...more
This chart tracks the date, drug, reference-listed company, and applicant of Abbreviated New Drug Applications and 505(b)(2) Applications receiving final approval by the FDA....more
Case Name: Pacira Pharms., Inc. v. eVenus Pharms. Labs., Inc., Civ. No. 21-19829, 2024 WL 3812188 (D.N.J. Aug. 9, 2024) (Arleo, J.)....more
Case Name: Novartis Pharms. Corp. v. MSN Pharms. Inc., Civ. No. 20-MD-2930-RGA, 2024 WL 3756787 (D. Del. Aug. 12, 2024)....more
Case Name: Novartis Pharms. Corp. v. Hetero USA Inc., Civ. No. 20-md-2930-RGA, 2024 WL 3757086 (D. Del. Aug. 12, 2024)....more
Case Name: Novartis Pharms. Corp. v. Becerra, No. 24-CV-02234 (DLF), 2024 WL 3823270 (D.D.C. Aug. 13, 2024) (Friedrich, J.)....more
Case Name: Teva Branded Pharm. Products R&D, Inc. v. Deva Holding A.S., Civ. No. 24-4404 (SRC), 2024 WL 3966314 (D.N.J. Aug. 28, 2024) (Chesler, J.)....more
Case Name: Exeltis USA, Inc. v. Lupin Ltd., Civ. No. 22-434-RGA, 2024 WL 4040470 (D. Del. Sept. 4, 2024) (Andrews, J.)....more
Case Name: Purdue Pharma L.P v. Accord Healthcare Inc., Civ. No. 22-913-WCB, 2024 WL 4120717 (D. Del. Sept 9, 2024) (Bryson, J.) Drug Product and Patent(s)-in-Suit: OxyContin® (oxycodone HCl); U.S. Patent No. 11,304,908 (“the...more
Case Name: Astellas Pharma, Inc. v. Sandoz Inc., Nos. 2023-2032, 2023-2063, 2023-2089, 2024 WL 4219374 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 18, 2024) (Circuit Judges Lourie, Prost, and Reyna presiding; Opinion by Lourie, J.) (Appeal from D....more
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued its opinion in Allergan USA, Inc. v. MSN Laboratories Private Ltd., No. 24-1061 (Fed. Cir. 2024), holding that “a first-filed, first-issued, later-expiring claim cannot...more
In Teva Branded Pharm. Prods. R&D v. Amneal Pharms. of N.Y., LLC, the US District Court for the District of New Jersey ordered Teva to delist five patents from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Approved Drug Products...more
Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more
The Federal Circuit has been petitioned by plaintiff Teva Branded Pharmaceutical Products R&D, Inc. to reverse a decision in favor of Defendant Amneal Pharmaceuticals wherein the District Court entered an injunction ordering...more
On Monday, October 7, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court (“SCOTUS”) denied United Therapeutics Corporation (“UTC”) petition for certiorari clearing the way for Liquidia Corporation (“Liquidia”) to launch its Yutrpia® drug product....more
The Federal Circuit has vacated a District of Delaware ruling in a patent case which found that patent claims asserted by Astellas Pharma were invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101 for being directed to an abstract idea. The Federal...more
In Allergan USA, Inc. et al., v. MSN Laboratories Private Ltd., et al., the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a precedential decision relating to obviousness-type double patenting (“ODP”) and...more
One of the anticipated consequences of the Supreme Court's Loper decision is that it will unleash judges to impose their statutory interpretations of administrative agencies' applications of the law within their areas of...more
Specify the Steps of Information Manipulation or Lose under § 101 - In Mobile Acuity Ltd. v. Blippar Ltd. Appeal No. 22-2216, the Federal Circuit held that patent claims that merely recite result-orientated, functional...more
This chart summarizes the case name, presiding judge, drug, and patents-at-issue in all federal district court cases that are filed pursuant to the Hatch-Waxman Act. It also includes the same information for proceedings...more