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Federal Court of Appeal upholds invalidity of Lilly’s CIALIS patent extending to "physiologically acceptable salt"

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The Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) dismissed an appeal by Lilly from a decision of the Federal Court (see our previous article) which had granted a motion for summary trial brought by Teva, Pharmascience, Laboratoire Riva,...more

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Rx IP Update - March 2019

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Federal Court finds invalidity allegations relating to patent for metformin formulations not justified - On March 8, 2019, Justice Fothergill granted Valeant Canada’s application for an order prohibiting the Minister of...more

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Rx IP Update - November 2018

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In This Issue: Ontario Court of Appeal allows Sanofi and Schering to plead that Federal Court ramipril patent invalidity decision was flawed due to “promise doctrine” - In an action by Apotex for compensation from...more

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Update on AstraZeneca SCC and developments on “overpromising” under grounds other than utility

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SCC Update. On October 23, 2017, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed Apotex’s motion to amend the Supreme Court of Canada’s judgment in AstraZeneca Canada Inc v Apotex Inc, 2017 SCC 36 (reported here, relating to...more

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RX IP Update - January 2017

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Apotex’s Infringement of AstraZeneca’s Omeprazole Formulation Patent Upheld - As previously reported, the Federal Court of Appeal, in a unanimous decision released on January 12, 2017 (2017 FCA 9), has affirmed the...more

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