In Actavis v. U.S., a case at the intersection of tax law and patent law, the Federal Circuit held that generic drug companies’ Hatch-Waxman litigation expenses are “ordinary and necessary business expenses” and can be...more
Quillivant XR® (methylphenidate (“MPH”)) - Case Name: Tris Pharma, Inc. v. Actavis Labs. FL, Inc., No. 14-1309-CFC, 2020 WL 7028456 (D. Del. Nov. 30, 2020) (Connolly, J.)...more
About Life Sciences Court Report: We will periodically report on recently filed biotech and pharma litigation. ...more
RELYING ON PLAINTIFFS’ TESTING OF DEFENDANT’S ANDA PRODUCT, AND FINDING THAT THE PRIOR ART TAUGHT AWAY FROM THE CLAIMED INVENTION, THE COURT HELD THE ASSERTED CLAIMS VALID AND INFRINGED. Case Name: Bausch Health Cos. v....more
THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT AFFIRMED THE DISTRICT COURT’S FINDING THAT ONE OF THE PATENTS WAS ADEQUATELY DESCRIBED, BUT REVERSED THE DISTRICT COURT’S FINDING OF NON-OBVIOUSNESS. Case Name: Nalpropion Pharms., Inc. v. Actavis Labs....more
Case Name: Tris Pharma Inc. v. Actavis Labs. Fl, Inc., Fed. Cir. Nos. 2017-2557, -2559, -2560, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 32774 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 20, 2018) (Circuit Judges Newman, O’Malley, and Chen presiding; Opinion by Chen, J.)...more
Case Name: Impax Labs., Inc. v. Actavis Labs. FL, Inc., Civ. No. 15-6934, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 38623 (D.N.J. Mar. 8, 2018) (Chesler, J.)....more
The issue of venue—where geographically a case can be brought—and jurisdiction are a pair of principles to determine in which forum a case can properly be brought. Jurisdiction in personam concerns whether a particular party...more
Case Name: Tris Pharma, Inc. v. Actavis Labs. FL, Inc., No. 14-1309-GMS, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 143299 (D. Del. Sept. 5, 2017) (Sleet, J.). Drug Product and Patent(s)-in-Suit: Quillivant XR® (methylphenidate...more
Case Name: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. v. Actavis Labs. Fl, Inc., No. 15-cv-6075 (PGS) (DEA), 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 164131 (D.N.J. Sept. 29, 2017) (Sheridan, J.)... Drug Product and Patent(s)-in-Suit: Noxafil®...more
Case Name: Sebela Int’l Ltd. v. Actavis Labs. Florida Inc., No. 14:6414 (CCC) (MF), 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS (D.N.J. June 16, 2017) (Cecchi, J.)....more
Case Name: Recro Gainesville LLC v. Actavis Labs. FL, Inc., Civ. No. 14-1118-GMS, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 24428 (D. Del. Feb. 22, 2017) (Sleet, J.). Drug Product and U.S. Patent: Zohydro® ER (hydrocodone bitartrate...more
Case Name: Orexo AB v. Actavis Elizabeth LLC, 14-cv-829-SLR, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 157683 (D. Del. Nov. 15, 2016) (Robinson, J.). Drug Product and Patents-in-Suit: Zubsolv® (buprenorphine / naloxone sublingual tablet);...more
Case Name: Endo Pharms. Inc. v. Actavis Labs. UT, Inc., 2016-1146, 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 18490 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 14, 2016) (Circuit Judges Moore, Taranto, and Hughes presiding; Opinion by Taranto, J.) (Appeal from E.D. Tex.,...more
It has been over three years since the Supreme Court’s Actavis decision. Since then, numerous putative class actions alleging harm to competition as a result of “reverse-payment” settlements have flooded the courts. The...more
About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Horizon Therapeutics, Inc. v. Lupin Ltd. et al. 1:16-cv-04438; filed July 21, 2016 in the District Court of New Jersey -...more
Case Name: Ferring B.V. v. Actavis, Inc., Civil No. 15-4222 (SRC)(CLW), 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 69328 (D.N.J. May 26, 2016) (Chesler, J.) - Drug Product and Patents-in-Suit: Lysteda® (tranexamic acid); U.S. Patent No....more
180-Day Notice Period for Biosimilar Approval Is Always Mandatory and Enforceable by Injunction - Amgen Inc., v. Apotex Inc., (Fed. Cir. July 5, 2016) - A year after analyzing the patent dance and notice...more
About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Eli Lilly and Company et al. v. Apotex Inc. et al. 1:16-cv-00475; filed June 22, 2016 in the District Court of...more
Patent settlement agreements were traditionally deemed outside the purview of antitrust scrutiny unless the patent holder’s conduct fell outside the legitimate scope of the patent’s exclusionary power. This all changed when...more
About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Orexo AB et al. v. Actavis Elizabeth LLC et al. 1:16-cv-00397; filed May 27, 2016 in the District Court of Delaware - ...more
Case Name: Supernus Pharms., Inc. v. Actavis Inc., Civil Nos. 13-4740 (RMB/JS), 14-1981 (RMB/JS), 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14111 (D.N.J. Feb 5, 2016) (Bumb, J.)... Drug Product and Patent(s)-in-Suit: Oxtellar XR®...more
Tris Pharma, Inc. v. Actavis Laboratories FL, Inc., et al., C.A. No. 14-1309 – GMS, January 8, 2016. Sleet, J. Claim construction opinion issues regarding one term from four patents....more
About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Amgen Inc. et al. v. Apotex Inc. et al. 0:15-cv-61631; filed August 6, 2015 in the Southern District of Florida. •...more
About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Janssen Biotech Inc. et al. v. Par Pharmaceutical Inc. et al. 1:15-cv-00679; filed August 3, 2015 in the District Court of...more