| Description | Date | Docket # |
|---|---|---|
Merck Sharp and Dohme Corp. v. AlbrechtUnited States Supreme Court
Product Liability, Drugs & Biotech
Clarified when federal law will preempt a state law claim that a drug manufacturer failed to warn consumers of a drug's risks. Held that this...
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05/20/2019 | 17–290 |
Gibbons v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.United States Second Circuit
Product Liability, Drugs & Biotech
Affirmed the dismissal of product liability claims against the maker of a blood-thinning medicine that allegedly caused patients harm. Held that the...
|
03/26/2019 | 17‐2638 |
Retractable Technologies, Inc. v. Becton Dickinson and Co.United States Fifth Circuit
False Advertising, Drugs & Biotech, Antitrust & Trade Regulation
Held that a manufacturer of medical syringes that falsely advertised its products did not have to disgorge its profits. That remedy would not be...
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03/26/2019 | 17-40960 |
Trustees of Indiana University v. CurryUnited States Seventh Circuit
Health Law, Constitutional Law, Drugs & Biotech
Upheld the constitutionality of an Indiana law making it a felony to acquire, receive, sell or transfer fetal tissue. Indiana University sought an...
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03/14/2019 | 18‐1146 |
Helsinn Healthcare S.A. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.United States Supreme Court
Intellectual Property, Drugs & Biotech, Patent
Held that an inventor's sale of an invention to a third party who is obligated to keep the invention confidential can qualify as prior art for...
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01/22/2019 | 17–1229 |
Teamsters Local 404 Health Services and Insurance Plan v. King Pharmaceuticals, Inc.United States Second Circuit
Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech
Held that it was proper to remand to New York state court a case in which a labor union health plan sought disclosure of a patent dispute settlement...
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10/16/2018 | 16‐791‐cv |
University of California v. Broad Institute, Inc.United States Federal Circuit
Patent, Intellectual Property, Drugs & Biotech
Affirmed a judgment of no interference-in-fact in a patent case involving the CRISPR-Cas9 system for the targeted cutting of DNA molecules. The...
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09/10/2018 | 17-1907 |
Brady v. Bayer Corp.California Court of Appeal
Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising, Drugs & Biotech
Held that a consumer should have survived a demurrer on his claims that a pharmaceutical company's packaging of certain multivitamin gummies was...
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09/07/2018 | G053847 |
Lifewatch Services Inc. v. Highmark Inc.United States Third Circuit
Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Health Law, Drugs & Biotech
Reinstated a medical device seller's claim that certain Blue Cross Blue Shield health insurance companies violated antitrust law by unreasonably...
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08/28/2018 | 17-1990 |
Gustavsen v. Alcon Laboratories, Inc.United States First Circuit
Consumer Protection Law, Health Law, Drugs & Biotech
Affirmed the dismissal of a consumer complaint alleging that manufacturers of prescription eye drops deliberately designed their bottles to emit...
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08/27/2018 | 17-2066 |