all - Opinion Summaries

Alcon Research, LTD. v. Apotex Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a suit for infringement of a patent related to an anti-allergy eye drop, district court's judgment is reversed in part and affirmed in part where:...

Momenta Pharm. Inc. v. Sandoz Inc.

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute involving a generic version of a drug that prevents blood clots, district court's denial of defendant's emergency motion to...

Sciele Pharma Inc. v. Lupin Ltd.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement action under 35 U.S.C. section 271(e)(2)(A) brought against a drug manufacturer seeking to launch a generic version of...

Humana Med Plan Inc v. GlaxoSmithKline LLC

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Insurance Law
In a suit under the Medicare Act, alleging that defendant as a "primary payer" was obligated to reimburse plaintiff as a "secondary payer" for...

Christopher v. SmithKline Beecham Corp.

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Drugs & Biotech, Labor & Employment Law
In an action by pharmaceutical sales representatives alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) for failure to pay overtime wages, 29...

In re Schering Plough Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Drugs & Biotech, False Advertising, Health Law
In consolidated putative class actions brought by third-party payors of drugs prescribed for off-label purposes and by individual patients against a...

Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. v. Sandoz, Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In consolidated patent infringement actions by the holder of a patent on the drug Abilify against generic drug manufacturers who had submitted...

Bartlett v. Mutual Pharmaceutical Co., Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a design defect suit against a drug manufacturer, the jury's award in favor of the plaintiff is affirmed against arguments that: 1) the district...

Casey v. Merck & Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Drugs & Biotech, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In litigation involving product liability claims for injuries allegedly caused by a prescription drug manufactured by the defendant, the district...

In re Lupron Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law
In a case in which a class of medical patient consumers alleged fraud in overcharging for the medication Lupron, and a small dissident group within...