Federal Circuit Allows Teva Patents to Remain in Orange Book. - The Federal Circuit recently granted Teva Pharmaceutical’s motion for a stay of removal of its patents from the Orange Book in its ongoing dispute with...more
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has filed an amicus brief in Teva Branded Pharmaceuticals Products R&D, Inc. v. Amneal Pharmaceuticals of New York, LLC to further the agency’s efforts to promote and protect generic drug...more
The European Commission (EC) has fined five pharmaceutical companies a total of EUR13.4 million for participating in a cartel concerning N-Butylbromide Scopolamine/Hyoscine (SNBB) – an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API)...more
The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division ("DOJ") recently resolved a criminal case with Teva Pharmaceuticals and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals via deferred prosecution agreements ("DPAs"), which include a novel remedy for...more
On August 5, 2021, the Federal Circuit withdrew its October 2020 opinion in GSK v. Teva, summarized in this post on induced infringement of method-of-treatment claims, and issued an opinion that reiterated the prior holding...more
A Federal Circuit panel on Tuesday vacated its earlier finding that Teva induced infringement of U.S. Patent No. RE40,000, GSK’s patent covering its drug, Coreg®, and set a new round of oral argument for February 23. Back in...more
Coreg® (carvedilol) - Case Name: GlaxoSmithKline LLC v. Teva Pharms. USA, Inc., No. 2018-1976, -2023 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 2, 2020) (Circuit Judges Prost, Newman, and Moore presiding; Opinion by Newman, J.; Dissent by Prost, C.J.)...more
Tirosint®/levothyroxine sodium - Case Name: IBSA Institut Biochimique, S.A. v. Teva Pharms. USA, Inc., No. 2019-2400 (Fed. Cir. July 31, 2020) (Circuit Judges Prost, Reyna, and Hughes presiding; Opinion by Prost, C.J.)...more
BECAUSE A SKILLED ARTISAN WOULD HAVE RECOGNIZED THE LIMITATIONS OF ONE PRIOR-ART REFERENCE AND WOULD HAVE BEEN MOTIVATED TO SELECT THE TEACHINGS OF ANOTHER REFERENCE TO OVERCOME THEM, THE PATENTS-IN-SUIT WERE OBVIOUS. Case...more
Case Name: Galderma Labs., L.P. v. Teva Pharms. USA, Inc., No. 2019-2396 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 29, 2020) (Circuit Judges Moore, O’Malley, and Stoll presiding; Opinion by O’Malley, J.) (Appeal from D. Del., Andrews, J.). ...more
The year 2017 was one of the most significant years for Canadian Life Sciences IP and Regulatory Law in Canada’s history. The year saw major developments in patent linkage, patent term, and substantive patent issues. As we...more
Federal Court of Appeal finds that Apotex did not fail to mitigate its damages in relation to Apo-Trazodone drug submission - On April 6, 2017, the Federal Court of Appeal overturned the Federal Court’s finding that...more
The following are highlights of developments in Canadian life sciences intellectual property and regulatory law in 2016, updating our 2016 mid-year highlights. 1. Substantive patent law developments - Utility and...more