Explore skinny labelling & obviousness in Canada and Australia -
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8/30/2024
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Explore skinny labelling & obviousness in Canada and Australia -
If you are an intellectual property (IP) owner, a litigator or an in-house legal professional managing IP litigation in multiple jurisdictions, don’t miss...more
8/30/2024
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Canada ,
Cross-Border ,
FDA Approval ,
Hatch-Waxman ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Litigation ,
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On February 23, 2024, Health Canada announced that it will expand the information available on the Generic Submissions Under Review (GSUR) list to include the following...more
On January 23, 2023, the Federal Court released a decision by Associate Judge Tabib denying Takeda’s motion to consolidate two actions commenced under the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations (PMNOC...more
As previously reported, the Federal Court found Janssen’s Canadian Patent No. 2,661,422 (the 422 patent) invalid on the basis of obviousness and dismissed its actions against Apotex, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, and...more
In a decision rendered on August 17, 2022, the Federal Court granted Sandoz Canada Inc (Sandoz) leave to amend its Statement of Defence to add new allegations, contingent on an adjournment of the trial and an extension of a...more
9/27/2022
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Canada ,
Leave to Amend ,
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Sandoz
On June 9, 2021, the Federal Court of Appeal (FCA), following grant of leave to hear Sunovion’s appeal, dismissed Sunovion’s appeal from a Federal Court (FC) decision of Furlanetto J. (2021 FC 37) granting Taro leave to amend...more
6/17/2021
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Section 8
As previously reported... on September 16, 2020, Canada’s Minister of Health approved an Interim Order Respecting the Importation, Sale and Advertising of Drugs for Use in Relation to COVID-19 (the ISAD Interim Order), which...more
4/16/2021
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PMNOC Regulations ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Vaccinations
On January 14, 2020, the Federal Court released a decision by Phelan J. in patent infringement actions pursuant to subsection 6(1) of the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations (PMNOC Regulations) relating to...more
On September 24, 2020, the Supreme Court of Canada denied leave to Apotex (Docket No. 39172) with respect to a decision affirming the quantum of profits payable to the Plaintiffs ADIR and Servier for infringement of ADIR’S...more
11/2/2020
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UPDATE: On September 30, 2020, Eli Lilly appealed both decisions by Justice St-Louis: Eli Lilly v Apotex (A-234-20 and A-239-20); Eli Lilly v Pharmascience and Riva (A-236-20); Eli Lilly v Mylan (A-237-20); and Eli Lilly v...more
10/5/2020
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Canada ,
Eli Lilly ,
Enablement Inquiries ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Validity ,
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UPDATE: UPDATE: On December 10, 2020, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed Pfizer’s application for leave to appeal (Docket No. 39150) (see article here).
Pfizer seeks leave in pregabalin section 8 case
As previously...more
6/8/2020
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Appeals ,
Canada ,
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Intellectual Property Protection ,
Janssen Pharmaceuticals ,
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Patent Litigation ,
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Pfizer ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
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Supreme Court of Canada
UPDATE: On December 10, 2020, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed Pfizer’s application for leave to appeal (Docket No. 39150)...
As previously reported, Justice O’Reilly of the Federal Court granted Pharmascience’s...more
4/17/2020
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Section 8
On August 8, 2019, the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta dismissed Allergan’s application for judicial review of a decision by the Alberta Minister of Health (the Minister) to designate Allergan’s glaucoma treatment product...more