I. Introduction -
No pharmaceutical antitrust decision has had more impact than the Supreme Court’s 2013 decision in Federal Trade Commission v. Actavis, a decision which officially defined the term “reverse payment...more
10/11/2023
/ Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) ,
Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Litigation ,
AstraZeneca ,
Causation ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
FTC v Actavis ,
Generic Drugs ,
Hatch-Waxman ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Orange Book ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Popular ,
RanBaxy ,
Reverse Payment Settlement Agreements ,
SCOTUS ,
Settlement
On October 19, 2022, U.S. District Judge Mitchell Goldberg in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted Aquestive Therapeutics Inc.’s (f/k/a MonoSol Rx LLC) motion for summary judgment in the long-running Suboxone MDL,...more
For nearly a decade, the Supreme Court’s FTC v. Actavis decision has guided pharmaceutical litigators and advisors exploring the antitrust risks inherent in settling pharmaceutical patent lawsuits, especially when such...more
3/3/2022
/ Anti-Competitive ,
Biosimilars ,
Dormant Commerce Clause ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC v Actavis ,
Hatch-Waxman ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Reverse Payment Settlement Agreements