all - Opinion Summaries

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Drugs & Biotech
In a civil procedure action, arising over patient injuries from taking Plavix, the Court of Appeal's judgment is affirmed where defendant's business...

The Medicines Co. v. Hospira, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Commercial Law, Patent, Drugs & Biotech
In a case arising from the submission of two Abbreviated New Drug Applications (ANDAs) for generic bivalirudin drug products before the expiration of...

Amgen Inc. v. Apotex Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Drugs & Biotech
In an infringement suit brought under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 (BPCIA), involving a proposed biosimilar product to...

Rapid Litigation Management, Ltd. v. CellzDirect, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Drugs & Biotech
In an infringement action involving a patent for an improved process of preserving hepatocytes, the District Court's summary judgment of invalidity...

Garcia v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Injury & Tort Law, Drugs & Biotech
In qui tam actions under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. section 3729 et seq., and related state statutes, alleging defendants caused physicians...

Genzyme Therapeutic Prods. Ltd. P'ship v. Biomarin Pharm. Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Drugs & Biotech
In an appeal from decisions of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in two inter partes review proceedings involving patents directed to treating Pompe's...

Hochendoner v. Genzyme Corp.

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech
In consolidated actions arising out of the shortage of a medication that treats Fabry Disease, a rare genetic disorder that leaves afflicted persons...

US ex rel. Polansky v. Pfizer

Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising, Drugs & Biotech
In an action brought under the False Claims Act (FCA) and state analog causes of action against plaintiff's former employer, alleging it improperly...

Intendis, GmbH v. Glenmark Pharms. Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Drugs & Biotech
In a case arising under the Hatch-Waxman Act involving a proposed generic version of Finacea Gel, a topical medication for various skin disorders, the...

Apotex Inc., et al., v. Acorda Therapeutics, Inc.

False Advertising, Drugs & Biotech, Antitrust & Trade Regulation
In a suit between rival manufacturers of tizanidine, a drug for treating spasticity, dealing with the circumstances under which the filing of a...