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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Delaware Court of Chancery Clarifies “Commercially Reasonable Efforts” in Earn-Out Provisions

On April 30, 2024, in Himawan, et al. v. Cephalon, Inc., et al., the Delaware Court of Chancery held that the defendant acquiror complied with its contractual obligations to use commercially reasonable efforts to achieve...more

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European Commission sanctions first ever pharmaceuticals cartel and scores victory in pay-for-delay appeal

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The European Commission (EC) has fined five pharmaceutical companies a total of EUR13.4 million for participating in a cartel concerning N-Butylbromide Scopolamine/Hyoscine (SNBB) – an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API)...more

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Cephalon, Inc. v. Slayback Pharma Ltd.

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THE COURT FOUND THAT DEFENDANTS HAD NOT MET THEIR CLEAR-AND-CONVINCING BURDEN OF PROVING THAT FORMULATION AND METHOD-OF-TREATMENTS PATENTS-IN-SUIT WERE OBVIOUS. Case Name: Cephalon, Inc. v. Slayback Pharma Ltd., No....more

Pierce Atwood LLP

In a Groundbreaking Decision, Third Circuit Provides Framework for Evaluating Numerosity

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One of the least disputed elements of class certification is Rule 23(a)(1) numerosity, and so there is relatively little analysis from the courts about it. Last month, however, a divided panel of the Third Circuit provided a...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Court Report - November 2015 #6

About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Forest Laboratories LLC et al. v. Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC et al. 1:15-cv-00756; filed August 27, 2015 in the District...more

McDermott Will & Emery

ANDA Update - October 2015

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Federal Circuit Interprets Statutory Requirements for Biosimilar Regulatory Pathway - Amgen Inc., v. Sandoz Inc., (Fed. Cir. July 21, 2015): In a case of first impression, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal...more

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In re Bendamustine Consolidated Cases

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Case Name: In re Bendamustine Consolidated Cases, Civ. No. 13-2046-GMS, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 55963 (D. Del. Apr. 29, 2015) (Sleet, J.) - Drug Product and Patent(s)-in-Suit: Treanda® (bendamustine HCl); U.S. Patents Nos....more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Court Report - August 2015

About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Dr. Reddys Laboratories, Ltd. et al. 1:15-cv-00539; filed June 25, 2015 in the District...more

Cooley LLP

Blog: Court Holds Corporate Integrity Agreement May Be Basis for Reverse False Claim Liability

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This week, a federal district court denied Cephalon Inc.’s (Cephalon) motion to dismiss a third amended complaint filed under the False Claims Act (FCA) by three qui tam relators in United States ex rel. Boise v. Cephalon,...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Cephalon and Teva's $1.2 Billion Consent Order with the FTC: Is it Really a Harbinger of Things to Come?

On June 17, 2015, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania approved a consent order (the “Consent Order”) between the Federal Trade Commission and defendants Cephalon, Inc. and its parent, Teva...more

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District Court Holds False Claims Act Applies to Employee Allegedly Terminated for Engaging in Protected Activity Against...

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In a matter of first impression, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania in Cestra v. Mylan Inc. No. 15-0873 (E.D. Pa., May 22, 2015) held that the antiretaliation provision of the False Claims Act...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Court Report - June 2015

About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Idenix Pharmaceuticals LLC et al. v. Gilead Pharmasset LLC 1:15-cv-00416; filed May 21, 2015 in the District Court of...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Federal Trade Commission Continues March “to Set a Standard for the Industry” with Cephalon Settlement

On May 28, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced it had reached a $1.2 billion settlement with Teva Pharmaceuticals, which acquired Cephalon in 2012, over reverse payment for its narcolepsy drug, Provigil. The...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

FTC’s $1.2 Billion Disgorgement Settlement With Cephalon: Heightened Scrutiny of Hatch-Waxman Settlements

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On May 28, 2015, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the settlement of its 2008 lawsuit against Cephalon, Inc. (now owned by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd.), which alleged that Cephalon had made “reverse...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Teva Agrees to Pay $1.2 Billion in FTC’s Pay-For-Delay Suit Against Cephalon

Recently, the FTC announced that it reached a settlement in its pay-for-delay lawsuit, FTC v. Cephalon Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, with Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries, Ltd.,...more

Carlton Fields

Court Declines to Certify Class Alleging Off-Label Marketing of Cancer Drug

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Third party payors (“TPPs”) responsible for paying the costs of prescriptions for their beneficiaries sued Cephalon, Inc., alleging that it engaged in unlawful off-label marketing of Actiq, a drug approved to manage...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

District Court Holds Individual Issues of Fact Predominate in Unjust Enrichment Class Action

The US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania recently denied class certification to a proposed class of third-party payors of prescription drugs. The plaintiffs brought a class action for unjust enrichment,...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

FTC v. Cephalon, Inc.

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Nature of the Case and Issue(s) Presented: The issue in this case is not whether the validity of the ’516 patent should be litigated in the antitrust trial, but rather, how the court’s previous finding of invalidity and...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Court Report - June 2014 #5

About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. et al. v. Mylan Inc. et al. 1:14-cv-00777; filed June 19, 2014 in the District Court of...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Court Report - June 2014

About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Cephalon Inc. v. Breckenridge Pharmaceutical Inc. et al. 1:14-cv-00671; filed May 27, 2014 in the District Court of...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Court Report

About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Alza Corp. et al. v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. et al. 1:14-cv-00085; filed May 15, 2014 in the Northern District of...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Keeping Third Party Communications Protected by the Attorney-Client Privileged

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A recent Pennsylvania federal court decision highlights the difficulty in keeping third party communications privileged. (King Drug Co. of Florence, Inc. v. Cephalon, Inc., No. 06-CV-1797, 2013 WL 4836752 (E.D. Pa. Sept. 11,...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

In re Cyclobenzaprine Hydrochloride Extended-Release Capsule Patent Litigation (Fed. Cir. 2013)

On the first day of February, the Federal Circuit rejected Impax's efforts to get out from under a preliminary injunction in a case captioned In re Cyclobenzaprine Hydrochloride Extended-Release Capsule Patent Litigation. ...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Federal Circuit Upholds Fentora Patents, But Affirms Non-Infringement

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In Cephalon, Inc. v. Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the Federal Circuit reversed the district court’s finding that two Orange Book-listed patents for Cephalon’s FENTORA® product were invalid, but affirmed the district court’s...more

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Patent Watch: Cephalon, Inc. v. Watson Pharms., Inc.

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On February 14, 2013, in, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Reyna, Bryson, Wallach*) reversed-in-part and affirmed-in-part the district court's judgment following a bench trial that Watson did not infringe...more

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