all - Opinion Summaries

Sanofi-Synthelabo v. Apotex, Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent, Remedies
In a patent dispute brought by the maker of Plavix, a heart and stroke medication, arising from the launch of defendants' generic product, grant of a...

Mendez v. Florida Dep't of Health

Drugs & Biotech, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Health Law
Imposition of a disciplinary penalty on a doctor arising from his conviction for conspiring to pay for Medicare patient referrals is affirmed where...

In re: Canadian Import Antitrust Litig.

Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, International Law, International Trade
Dismissal of federal antitrust and state law claims brought by plaintiffs, consumers and organizations who purchased prescription drugs from defendant...

Impax Labs., Inc. v. Aventis Pharm. Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a declaratory judgment action regarding a patent involving the use of a chemical compound to treat ALS, a decision finding that plaintiff failed to...

US v. Baylor Univ. Med. Ctr.

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Government Benefits, Health Law
In qui tam action involving hospitals from 30 states and alleging Medicare fraud, interlocutory appeal from a judgment granting in part and denying in...

Yale New Haven Hosp. v. Leavitt

Administrative Law, Drugs & Biotech, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law
Reversal of defendant's decision that denied Medicare reimbursement claims is vacated as the denial was predicated on a new rule altering the previous...

Abraxis Bioscience, Inc. v. Mayne Pharma (USA) Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement action involving patents for a pharmaceutical composition used to induce and maintain general anesthesia and sedation in patients,...

Ranbaxy Labs. Ltd. v. Leavitt

Administrative Law, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
Summary judgment for plaintiffs, on request that the FDA relist patents held by Merck that Merck requested removed from the "Orange Book" after...

Abbot Labs. v. Baxter Pharm. Prods., Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
A judgment of validity of a patent involving an inhalation anesthetic is reversed where the asserted claims of the patent at issue were anticipated by...

John Hancock Life Ins. Co. v. Abbott Labs.

Contracts, Drugs & Biotech
Judgment for plaintiff in a declaratory action absolving it of liability for payments withheld in a contract dispute over pharmaceutical research is...