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Federal Circuit Clarifies Safe Harbor from Injunctive Relief in Jazz v. Avadel

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On May 6, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit refined the boundaries of injunctive relief under the Hatch-Waxman Act in its precedential opinion in Jazz Pharms., Inc. v. Avadel CNS Pharms. The decision...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Federal Circuit: Patent Term Extension for Reissued Patents is Calculated Using the Original Patent’s Issue Date Where the...

The Federal Circuit recently affirmed a district court’s holding that patent term extension (PTE) for a reissued patent was properly based on the issue date of the original patent and not that of the reissued patent. The...more

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Merck Sharp & Dohme B.V. v. Aurobindo Pharma USA, Inc

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Bridion® (sugammadex) - Case Name: Merck Sharp & Dohme B.V. v. Aurobindo Pharma USA, Inc., No. 2023-2254, 2025 WL 795317 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 13, 2025) (Circuit Judges Dyk, Mayer, and Reyna presiding; Opinion by Dyk, C.J.) (Appeal...more

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Reissued patents get Hatch-Waxman PTE based on original patent date, CAFC rules

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) recently considered a novel question regarding calculation of the regulatory review period for patent term extension (PTE) under 35 USC § 156 for reissued patents....more

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Hatch-Waxman Requires Patent Term Extension for Reissued Patents To Be Based on Original Patent

The Federal Circuit held in Merck Sharp & Dohme B.V. v. Aurobindo Pharma USA, Inc., 23-2254 that a reissued patent receives patent term extension (PTE) based on the issue date of the original patent, not the reissue patent,...more

Irwin IP LLP

Federal Circuit Finds Against Generics Where Hatch-Waxman's Full Five-Year Extension Fixes Delay For Pharmaceutical FDA-Review  

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Merck Sharp & Dohm B.V. v. Aurobindo Pharma USA, Inc. et al (Fed. Cir. March 13, 2025) - The Hatch-Waxman Act seeks to strike a balance in the pharmaceutical industry by incentivizing drugs makers to develop innovative...more

Gardner Law

[Hybrid Event] Due Diligence Decoded: M&A Success in FDA-Regulated Industries - September 20th, Boston, MA

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Join Gardner Law for a half-day CLE event in person at Loft on Two in Boston, MA or attend virtually. Industry experts will decode the intricacies of regulatory scrutiny and strategic decision-making in acquisitions. Gain...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Court Holds the FDA Cannot Classify an Imaging Agent Medical Device as a Drug

The legal definitions of a drug and a medical device set forth in the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act have some important overlapping provisions. Because of the overlapping provisions, theoretically the U.S. Food and Drug...more

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Microbes and Medical Foods: A Growing Area of Commercial Importance

The 2nd Annual Microbiome Movement conference, recently held in San Diego, California, highlighted the growing importance of microbes as the basis for various commercial products. Microbe-containing products regulated by the...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Clinical Diagnosis of FDA's Clinical Investigation Exclusivity Standard? Unreasonable

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For drug innovators, particularly those focusing on repurposing drugs for new indications and developing drugs that are not considered new chemical entities, understanding the scope of the clinical investigation exclusivity...more

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