On February 18, 2022, the Court of Appeal of Quebec released its decision in Merck Canada Inc c Procureur général du Canada (2022 QCCA 240). This is the appeal of the Quebec Superior Court decision declaring price and revenue...more
Update: The decision has been appealed.
On December 18, 2020, the Quebec Superior Court issued its decision from a constitutional challenge to the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB) provisions of the Patent Act...more
12/23/2020
/ Amended Regulation ,
Canada ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Drug Pricing ,
Health Canada ,
Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB) ,
Patented Medicines ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Rebates ,
Reporting Requirements
UPDATE: See our article here highlighting changes relative to the June 2020 draft Guidelines.
This morning, the PMPRB released the final Guidelines operationalizing the amended Patented Medicines Regulations (Amended...more
The amendments to the Patented Medicines Regulations (Regulations) published on August 21, 2019 have been the subject of two court challenges launched by groups of innovative pharmaceutical companies (22 companies in total)...more
The following are highlights of developments in Canadian life sciences intellectual property and regulatory law in 2016, updating our 2016 mid-year highlights.
1. Substantive patent law developments -
Utility and...more
1/11/2017
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Anti-Competitive ,
Apotex ,
Arbitration ,
AstraZeneca ,
Bayer ,
Biologics ,
Biosimilars ,
CADTH ,
Calculation of Damages ,
CETA ,
Competition Authorities ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Data Protection ,
Double Patent ,
Eli Lilly ,
Generic Drugs ,
Health Canada ,
Leave to Appeal ,
Life Sciences ,
NAFTA ,
New Guidance ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Terms ,
Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB) ,
Patents ,
Pfizer ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
PMNOC Regulations ,
Supreme Court of Canada ,
Teva Pharmaceuticals ,
Trans-Pacific Partnership ,
Unjust Enrichment ,
Utility Patents