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Pharmaceutical Industry Injunctions

Dechert LLP

Unprecedented Escalation of Injunction by French National Agency for Medicines and Health Products Safety

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In June 2021, Philips notified the ANSM of a field safety action that related to the potential risk of degradation and inhalation of carcinogenic compounds from the sound-absorbing foam used in its ventilation devices for...more

A&O Shearman

[Webinar] Exclusively Life Sciences Series - CREATES Act: What we've learned so far and recommendations for the industry -...

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In late 2019, Congress enacted the “CREATES Act”, which established a private right of action in which generic or biosimilar manufacturers may sue an innovator for an injunction and monetary award for not selling samples of...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

In False Ad Dispute Between Inhaler Companies, Court Grants PI Enjoining Unsupportable Clinical Superiority Claims

In its recent decision granting a preliminary injunction in GlaxoSmithKline v. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, No. 19-5321, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania enjoined a...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 10.6.2019 | Top Story: Drug Distributors and Maker in Talks for Multi-billion-dollar Opioid Litigation...

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A group of three major drug distributors—McKesson, AmerisourceBergen, and Cardinal Health—are in the midst of talks with representatives of state and local governments who have brought more than 2000 opioid-related lawsuits...more

Hogan Lovells

Patent law in Europe: What pharmaceutical companies need to know

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Increasing competition within Europe’s pharmaceutical space makes knowing the market and understanding available patent protections more critical than ever for both well established and new market players. Andreas von Falck...more

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FDA Shows that it Means Business in Stopping Stem Cell Clinics that Put Patients at Risk

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On Wednesday, FDA announced that it filed two complaints in federal court seeking injunctions to stop marketing efforts of unapproved stem cell treatments by US Stem Cell Clinic of Sunrise, Florida, and California Stem Cell...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Global Patent Prosecution Newsletter - November 2017

An Update on Brazilian Patent Law – Emergency Backlog/Fast-Track Options and Enforcement Issues - We are delighted to have as contributors to the November Global Patent Prosecution newsletter, Ricardo Nunes and Andre...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Supreme Court Decides Amgen v. Sandoz: Patent Dance Cannot Be Enforced by Federal Injunction, Notice of Commercial Marketing Can...

On June 12, 2017, the Supreme Court decided Amgen v. Sandoz, the landmark case about the meaning of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA). First, the Supreme Court held that no federal injunction is...more

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group

Get Off My Cloud: “BYOC” Workplaces Pose Trade Secrets Risks

There’s been a lot of talk in recent years about “BYOD” (“Bring Your Own Device”) policies, which are becoming increasingly common in the workplace. Employees want the flexibility and ease that comes with being able to use a...more

Polsinelli

First Biosimilar Drug Now Available; Ongoing Legal Dispute Remains

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The first biosimilar is now available in the United States. Sandoz announced the availability of Zarxio™ (filgrastim-sndz) earlier today, after the Federal Circuit denied Amgen Inc.'s attempt to stall the launch. The launch...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Individual Inventor Alleges Eli Lilly and BDA Overdosed on Patented Dosage Adherence Tool

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In the latest chapter of a year-long battle between an individual inventor and two companies, Lisa Duer (“Duer”), a resident of Woodstock, Georgia, filed her Third Amended Complaint alleging patent infringement, trademark...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Speed of Pharmaceutical Innovation at Stake in N.Y. Antitrust Lawsuit

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A pharmaceutical firm’s ability to efficiently produce and promote a better treatment for Alzheimer’s disease lies at the center of an antitrust lawsuit pending before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. In...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Stay Denied; Expedited Appeal Granted in Namenda Product Hopping Suit

Following the S.D.N.Y.’s award to the New York State Attorney General of an injunction requiring Actavis to continue distributing the immediate-release tablet version of its dementia drug, Namenda (which we analyzed...more

BakerHostetler

Third Circuit Rejects Presumption of Irreparable Harm in Lanham Act Cases

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The Third Circuit ruled in Ferring Pharmaceuticals v. Watson Pharmaceuticals on August 26 that “a party seeking a preliminary injunction in a Lanham Act case is not entitled to a presumption of irreparable harm but rather is...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Doctors Settle SEC Insider Trading Charges

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The Commission filed two settled insider trading cases against medical practitioners who traded while in possession of material non-public information regarding clinical trials for a drug. SEC v. Lama, Case No. 5:14-cv-00996...more

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SEC Files Another Settled Insider Trading Case

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Insider trading continues to be a key priority in the new get tough enforcement era. Last week closed with the filing of an insider trading action centered on the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. This week begins with...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Class Action Chronicle - Spring 2014

This is the third edition of The Class Action Chronicle, a quarterly publication that provides an analysis of recent class action trends, along with a summary of class certification and Class Action Fairness Act rulings...more

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