In H. Lundbeck A-S v. Lupin Ltd., Case No. 2022-1194 (Fed. Circ. December 7, 2023), Plaintiffs, H. Lundbeck A/S (“Lundbeck”) and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd., Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc., Takeda Pharmaceuticals...more
Recent notable industry transactions. Royal Philips announced that it has agreed to acquire Capsule Technologies, Inc., a provider of medical device integration and data technologies for hospitals and healthcare...more
Colcrys®/colchicine - Case Name: Takeda Pharms. U.S.A., Inc. v. Mylan Pharms. Inc., No. 2020-1407, -1417 (Fed. Cir. July 31, 2020) (Circuit Judges Prost, Newman, and Hughes presiding; Opinion by Prost, C.J.; Dissent by...more
On September 9, 2020, Judge Richard G. Andrews of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware ruled in favor of Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. in the case Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. v. Mylan...more
Case Name: Takeda Pharms. U.S.A., Inc. v. Mylan Pharms., Inc., No. 19-2216-RGA, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12753 (D. Del. Jan. 27, 2020) (Andrews, J.)....more
Case Name: Takeda Pharms. Co. v. Torrent Pharms. Ltd., No. 17-3186 (SRC)(CLW)(cons.), 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18069 (D.N.J. Feb. 4, 2020) (Chesler, J.)....more
Case Name: Takeda Pharms., U.S.A., Inc. v. West-Ward Pharm. Corp., C.A. No. 14-1268-RGA-SRF, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 209127 (D. Del. Dec. 12, 2018) (Andrews, J.)....more
Takeda has officially emerged victorious in the battle for Shire. The Japanese drug giant will pay more than $66/share to acquire Shire in a deal valued at $62 billion....more
It was a busy Thursday in the big pharma world, with drugmaker Shire rejecting a $60 billion takeover offer from Japan’s Takeda, while US rival Allergan disclosed that it was considering a bid of its own for Shire....more
After almost a year of fending off a hostile takeover bid from rival PPG Industries, Dutch paint and chemical giant Akzo Nobel has agreed to sell its specialty chemicals unit to PE firm Carlyle Group for $12.5 billion in a...more
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, a Japan-based global pharmaceutical company, recently announced an agreement with BioSurfaces Inc., a small Massachusetts research company, to research the development of medical devices for the...more
Samsung Bioepis announced that it has entered into a Strategic Collaboration Agreement with Takeda Pharmaceutical Company to co-develop novel biologic therapies in unmet disease areas. The companies’ first therapeutic...more
Purchasers of Takeda Pharmaceuticals Company’s branded diabetes drug, ACTOS, filed an antitrust suit alleging that Takeda falsely described two patents to the US Food and Drug Association (FDA) and, as a result, delayed...more
Tribunal dismisses Eli Lilly’s NAFTA challenge on promise utility doctrine - As previously reported, Eli Lilly submitted claims to international arbitration under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) seeking...more
Japanese pharmaceutical company Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited announced via a press release today that it is acquiring Cambridge-based oncology company ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in an all-cash deal worth over $5...more
Merrill Lynch has already staked out the position in response to the DOL’s retirement account fiduciary duty rule that it would no longer offer commission-based IRAs to retirement savers. Yesterday, it effectively doubled...more
How explicitly must a complaint sounding in antitrust allege causation? At oral argument last week, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit evaluated the sufficiency of the plaintiffs’ allegations that certain Takeda...more
Case Name: Takeda Pharms. U.S.A., Inc. v. West-ward Pharm. Corp., Civ. No. 14-1268-SLR, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 65317 (D. Del. May 18, 2016) (Robinson, J.) - Drug Product and Patent(s)-in-Suit: Colcrys® (colchicine); U.S....more
While the headlines in 2015 focused on the “megadeal” transactions over $5 billion (there were at least 137 such deals in 2015, according to Thomson Reuters), many transactions involving cross-border activities required...more
On September 22, Judge Ronnie Abrams of the Southern District of New York dismissed an antitrust lawsuit against Takeda Pharmaceuticals and three generic drug manufacturers based on settlements they had reached regarding a...more
Case Name: Takeda Pharms. U.S.A., Inc. v. West-Ward Pharm. Corp., 785 F.3d 625 (Fed. Cir. May 6, 2015) (Circuit Judges Newman, Dyk, and Hughes presiding; Opinion by Dyk, J.; Dissent by Newman, J.) (Appeal from D. Del.,...more
About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Teijin Ltd. et al. v. Macleods Pharmaceuticals Ltd. et al. 1:15-cv-00454; filed June 4, 2015 in the District Court of...more
About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Vintage Pharmaceuticals, LLC - 1:15-cv-00429; filed May 28, 2015 in the District Court of...more
About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Tris Pharma Inc. v. Actavis Laboratories FL Inc. et al. 1:15-cv-00393; filed May 15, 2015 in the District Court of...more
Case Name: Takeda Pharm. Co., Ltd. v. TWi Pharms., Inc., Civ. No. 13-CV-02420-LHK, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 32948 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 17, 2015) (Koh, J.). Drug Product and Patent(s)-in-Suit: Dexilant® (dexlansoprazole); U.S....more