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Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Jury Rejects Tevra's Embattled Market Definition in Antitrust Suit

On August 1, 2024, following five years of litigation, Tevra’s antitrust suit against Bayer Healthcare LLC came to an end. Tevra, a manufacturer of generic version topical flea and tick medications, alleged that Bayer engaged...more

White & Case LLP

Three Drug Pricing Litigation Issues to Watch in the Second Half of 2024

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It has been a busy year for issues related to drug pricing, and with the election around the corner, litigation issues that have been developing over the last few years are likely to be a key focus for the second half of...more

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eDiscovery and ANDA Litigation: Unique Timelines, Processes, and Workflows

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ANDA litigation is a high-stakes niche of pharmaceutical law that presents unique challenges not only for lawyers, but also for eDiscovery practitioners. Here’s why: under the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term...more

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

CREATing Controversy: Can a Brand Manufacturer Deny Sample Requests?

Can a drug manufacturer refuse to provide samples of its innovator product under the CREATES Act if it thinks that the requester will not actually use them to develop a biosimilar or generic drug? A recently filed suit in the...more

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

Crossing the Blurred Line Between Brands and Generics

Clients often ask if a law firm can represent both brand and generic drug manufacturers. It’s a reasonable question, particularly when the popular perception is that potential conflicts pigeonhole law firms, forcing them to...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

FTC Alleges Improper Orange Book Listing of Drug Delivery Device Patents

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In the latest attempt to promote generic drug competition and reduce drug prices, and consistent with broader efforts to enforce the antitrust laws more aggressively, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on November...more

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

Doctor Califf Goes to India

Given its growing role as the “pharmacy to the world,” FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, M.D., recently took a trip to India and offered some of his (and FDA's) views upon his return. During his visit, Commissioner Califf met...more

Ankura

Summary: The Government Accountability Office's Report on Medicare Part D Rebates

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On September 5, 2023, the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) published its report titled Medicare Part D: CMS Should Monitor Effects of Rebates on Plan Formularies and Beneficiary Spending.The report...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Pharmaceutical Manufacturer Pays $7.9 Million to Resolve Allegations that it Caused the Submission of Over-the-Counter Drugs to...

On September 15, 2022, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a $7.9 million settlement with generic manufacturer Akorn Operating Company LLC (Akorn) to resolve allegations that Akorn caused the submission of...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

[Webinar] Implications Across the Health Care System of the New Federal Drug Price Regulation - September 22nd, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm...

The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) includes the most dramatic change to U.S. drug price regulation in history. The new law allows the federal government to “negotiate” the price of many drugs dispensed to Medicare...more

Morgan Lewis - As Prescribed

Proposed Antitrust Legislation Targets Pharmaceutical Industry, Would Grant FTC More Powers

A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the US House of Representatives’ Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee recently voted three bills out of committee that target the pharmaceutical industry practices of so-called “reverse...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Tax Court Rules In Favor Of Generic Drug Manufacturer On Deductibility Of Patent Litigation Expenses In Connection With ANDAs

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On April 27, 2021, the United States Tax Court held that legal fees incurred by generic drug manufacturers in connection with “Section 271(e)(2)” patent infringement suits are deductible as ordinary business expenses and need...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Fourth Circuit Breathes New Life into Monopolization Suit

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The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit revived an antitrust suit alleging that a pharmaceutical manufacturer illegally maintained its monopoly for its innovator drug by precluding competition beyond the expiration...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Double Whammy: Fifth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Suit Against Generic and Brand-Name Drug Manufacturers

Some product liability suits are dead on arrival. At least, that is the position the Fifth Circuit took late last week in affirming the dismissal of a pro se plaintiff’s suit against a collection of generic and brand-name...more

King & Spalding

GSK v. Teva and Induced Infringement by AB-Rated Generics: Where Are We Now?

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The Federal Circuit’s October 2020 split decision in GSK v. Teva made waves throughout the pharmaceutical industry and among Hatch-Waxman litigators.  In the broadest reading, some see the majority opinion as rendering any...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Beyond COVID: House Committee Advances Several FDA-Related Bills

On Wednesday, July 15, the House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committee advanced several bills to the House floor that demonstrate continued interest in health policy matters other than the COVID-19 pandemic. The Fairness in...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Recent Generics Price Fixing Filing

On June 10, 2020, the Attorneys General from forty-six states, the District of Columbia, and four United States territories filed a lawsuit against twenty-six drug manufacturers, accusing them of a long-standing antitrust...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Investment in Possible Future Generic Marketing Excludes Legitimate Basis for Pharma Settlement, Suggests EU Advocate General

In her opinion issued on June 4, 2020, Advocate General (AG) Juliane Kokott recommended that the European Court of Justice (ECJ) dismiss in its entirety the appeal by Lundbeck A/S and Lundbeck Ltd against the General Court’s...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Third Circuit Demands Rigorous Analysis of the Predominance Requirement for Class Certification in Pharmaceutical Antitrust Case

On April 22, 2020, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals vacated and remanded an order certifying a class of direct purchaser plaintiffs in In re: Lamictal Direct Purchaser Antitrust Litigation, holding that the district court...more

Hogan Lovells

Federal Circuit Acetris Decision Changes Procurement Country of Origin Landscape

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On Monday, in the much-anticipated decision in Acetris Health, LLC v. U.S. 18-2399, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (the “Federal Circuit”) ruled that U.S. manufacture of a drug is sufficient to confer U.S....more

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury...

Big Pharma under fire over quality, safety, and patents on costly brand drugs

When Big Pharma insists its sky-high prices are justified, patients may want to keep in mind key findings just revealed about prescription drugs and their makers...more

Hogan Lovells

EU SPC Manufacturing Waiver Now in Force

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The SPC Manufacturing Waiver (the "Waiver") is now in force, effective from 1 July 2019 (Regulation 2019/933 amending the SPC Regulation 2009/469).  The Waiver has been introduced with the stated aim of putting EU generic and...more

Butler Snow LLP

No Way Around It: The Need for Federal "Permission and Assistance" Can Preempt a State Tort Duty

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In the simplest case for federal preemption, federal law prohibits conduct that a state tort duty would require, such as a change in the design of an approved medical device to cure an alleged defect. Because federal law is...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

District of Delaware Grants Motions for Summary Judgment in Three Risperdal Gynecomastia Cases

In a trio of recent decisions arising out of cases alleging that an antipsychotic medication, Risperdal, and its generic, risperidone, had caused gynecomastia (breast tissue growth) in men, the United States District Court...more

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury...

Generic drugs ensnared in price-fixing and shoddy manufacturing claims

With Big Pharma pressing the limits in promoting and pricing prescription medications, patients and their advocates long have hoped that generic drugs might be difference-makers on costs and practices. Those positive wishes,...more

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