all - Opinion Summaries

AmGen Inc. v. Sandoz Inc.

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech
Returning once again after climbing and descending the appellate ladder several times, the court held that the defendant had not forfeited its...

US v. Scully

Drugs & Biotech, Criminal Law & Procedure
Vacating and remanding the conviction of a man on a number of charges involving misbranded drugs because the court erred in excluding evidence...

Sanofi v. Watson Laboratories Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Drugs & Biotech
Affirming the district court's rulings in the case of a patent infringement claim relating to cardiovascular drugs where the court held that the...

Simmons v. Secretary of Health and Human Services

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Drugs & Biotech
Affirming the denial of attorney fees and costs to a man who sued claiming that he developed Guillain-Barre Syndrome as the result of a flu...

Bayer Pharma AG v. Watson Laboratories, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Drugs & Biotech
In a patent infringement action, the district court's judgment for plaintiff Bayer is reversed where it clearly erred in determining that a skilled...

Merck Sharp and Dohme Corp. v. Hospira, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Drugs & Biotech
Affirming the district court's determination that patents relating to aspects of the production of an antibiotic compound were obvious implementations...

Cottrell v. Alcon Laboratories

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Drugs & Biotech
In a consumer protection class action, alleging that various defendants' prescription eye drop medications come with a bottle dropper tip that...

P. v. Mooring

Evidence, Drugs & Biotech, Criminal Law & Procedure
Reversing a conviction for dihydorcodeinone/Vicodin because the prosecution didn't establish that it was a controlled substance, but affirming other...

Lambert v. Nutraceutical Corp

Drugs & Biotech, Civil Procedure, Class Actions
Reversing a district court order decertifying a class action relating to an alleged aphrodisiac called 'Cobra Sexual Energy' because the district...

Lewis v. Super. Ct.

Health Law, Drugs & Biotech
Affirming the Court of Appeal's judgment that the Medical Board of California's seizure of data from the Controlled Substance Utilization Review and...