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On March 30, 2023, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismissed Apotex’s claim under section 8 of the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations (PMNOC Regulations) relating to Apo-Atomoxetine (Lilly’s...more
The Federal Court released a pair of decisions in patent litigation relating to paliperidone palmitate (Janssen’s INVEGA SUSTENNA): Janssen Inc v Pharmascience, 2022 FC 62 and Janssen Inc v Apotex, 2022 FC 107. Pharmascience...more
On October 29, 2019, the Federal Court issued its final decision under the pre-amended Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations: Janssen Inc v Apotex Inc, 2019 FC 1355. Justice Phelan granted Janssen’s...more
On March 8, 2019, Justice Fothergill granted Valeant Canada’s application for an order prohibiting the Minister of Health from issuing a notice of compliance to Generic Partners for its generic version of Valeant’s GLUMETZA,...more
This motion arose in the context of a section 8 action in which Apotex claims damages for delay in the issuance of its notice of compliance for its generic lansoprazole product (Takeda's PREVACID), due to prohibition...more
On June 29, 2018, Justice Fothergill of the Federal Court granted Shire’s application under the pre-amended Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations (PMNOC Regulations) for an order prohibiting the Minister of...more
Apotex’s Infringement of AstraZeneca’s Omeprazole Formulation Patent Upheld - As previously reported, the Federal Court of Appeal, in a unanimous decision released on January 12, 2017 (2017 FCA 9), has affirmed the...more