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Vanda Pharms., Inc. v. FDA

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Hetlioz® (tasimelteon) - Case Name: Vanda Pharms., Inc. v. FDA, Civ. No. 23-280 (TSC), 2025 WL 485401 (D.D.C. Feb. 13, 2025) (Chutkan, J.) Drug Product and Patent(s)-in-Suit: Hetlioz® (tasimelteon); U.S. Patent No. , a...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Tax Bytes: Week of March 24, 2025

Tax developments - Actavis and deductible expenses - On March 21, 2025, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit released a decision in Actavis Laboratories FL, Inc. v. United States, holding that taxpayers could...more

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

Compounding Problems: Recent Decisions on Tirzepatide Highlight Interplay Between FDA Anti-Compounding Enforcement and Private...

Earlier this month, a federal district court denied the Outsourcing Facilities Association’s preliminary injunction motion, which sought to preclude FDA from taking enforcement action against compounded tirzepatide...more

MoFo Life Sciences

Federal Circuit Clarifies Patent Term Extension Calculation for Reissue Patents

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On March 13, 2025, the Federal Circuit issued a decision in Merck Sharp & Dohme B.V. v. Aurobindo Pharma USA, Inc., No. 23-2254 (Fed. Cir. 2025) that clarifies how patent term extension (PTE) is calculated for reissue...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

FDA’s Semaglutide Shortage Resolution: Legal Implications and Risks for Compounding Pharmacies

Last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) announced in a Declaratory Order the resolution of the shortage of semaglutide injection products Wegovy and Ozempic (the “February Declaratory Order”). On March...more

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Federal Circuit Refuses to Rehear Case Involving Orange Book Listing of Device Patents

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Late last year we reported on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decision holding that certain device patents should not have been listed in the FDA’s Orange Book since the claims of the patents in...more

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GLP-1 Receptor Agonists: New Frontiers and Challenges

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Obesity and diabetes have been two of the greatest public health challenges for decades. Many different diets and fads have promised the public a quick fix and a path to losing excess weight or resolving their diabetic...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Patenting AI/ML Life Sciences and TechBio Innovations – How Much Disclosure is Sufficient?

In recent years, the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies has sparked a wave of innovation across various sectors, particularly in life sciences. ML technologies have...more

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

Biosimilars at the Crossroads: A $234 Billion Opportunity or a Missed Chance for Healthcare Savings?

The U.S. stands at a crossroads in light of rising drug prices and it is unclear what the future will hold in answer to the rising drug costs. Biologic medicines have rapidly expanded available treatment options and accounted...more

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

Pounding the Compounders: FDA’s “No Compound” Lists

Novo Nordisk recently made headlines petitioning FDA to stop the compounding of its blockbuster GLP-1 products so it can sell its patented semaglutide drugs exclusively. Compounding is the practice of creating new drug...more

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Novartis Pharms. Corp. v. Becerra

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Entresto® (sacubitril/valsartan) - Case Name: Novartis Pharms. Corp. v. Becerra, Civ. No. 24-cv-2234 (DLF), 2024 WL 4492072 (D.D.C. Oct. 15, 2024) (Friedrich, J.)  Drug Product and Patent(s)-in-Suit: Entresto®...more

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The Sole Meaning of “Solely”: Supreme Court Denies Certiorari on Edward Life Sciences v. Meril Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd. and Permits...

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This month the Supreme Court denied certiorari on Edwards Lifesciences Corp. v. Meril Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd., and in doing so, seemingly indicated its support for a broad interpretation of the Hatch-Waxman safe harbor...more

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Federal Circuit Says Proper Orange Book-Listed Patent Must Claim Active Ingredient

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In Teva Branded Pharmaceutical Products R&D, Inc. v. Amneal Pharmaceuticals of New York, LLC, the Federal Circuit jumped on the bandwagon of scrutinizing the types of patents that can be listed in the Food & Drug...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

District Court: Factual Disputes Preclude Application of Safe Harbor to Gene Editing Technology at the Pleading Stage

The District of Delaware recently denied a motion to dismiss a patent infringement complaint involving gene editing technology that sought relief under the Safe Harbor Provision of the Hatch-Waxman Act. Specifically, the...more

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AI Drug Development: FDA Releases Draft Guidance

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On January 6, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released draft guidance titled Considerations for the Use of Artificial Intelligence To Support Regulatory Decision-Making for Drug and Biological Products...more

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Venable’s BiologicsHQ Monthly Injection - December 2024

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Welcome to Venable’s BiologicsHQ Monthly Injection - December 2024....more

McDermott Will & Emery

Transparency Is the Best Medicine: Device Parts Don’t Justify Orange Book Listing

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s delisting of patents from the Orange Book because the patent claims did not “claim the drug that was approved” or the active ingredient of the drug...more

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MintzTech Connect Industry News: Spotlight on Surgimatix, Inc

Surgimatix, our client spotlight this month, developed what can only be called a novel solution. Surgimatix is an early-stage medical device company pioneering the first proprietary laparoscopic device that delivers...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The FTC Challenges Companies’ Allegedly Improper Orange Book Patent Listings

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has called attention in the past year to its perception of the influence that branded pharmaceutical companies have over the price of beneficial drugs. Most recently, the agency has asserted...more

Fish & Richardson

Biosimilars 2022 Year in Review

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2022 heralded the next chapter for biosimilars in the United States, including U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of biosimilars in new therapeutic areas, additional interchangeable designations, and litigation...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Biosimilars in 2020: What’s Ahead

The Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 (BPCIA) was passed as part of health reform signed into law by President Obama in March 2010. This year, the BPCIA turns 10. While the U.S. Biosimilars Pathway has...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] Global Legal and Regulatory Summit On Biosimilars - December 3rd-4th, Munich, Germany

Legal, Regulatory and Commercial Perspectives on the International Biosimilars Marketplace - The Global Biosimilars market is expected to grow robustly. Market watchers anticipate that Europe in particular will experience...more

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