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Eye-Catching: Biosimilars Injunction Prevails

Addressing a preliminary injunction in patent litigation related to the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA), the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld the district court’s grant of a...more

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Personal Jurisdiction Over Foreign Companies that File an ANDA or aBLA in the U.S.

On January 29, 2025, the Federal Circuit issued paired decisions addressing Samsung Bioepis’s (“SB”) and Formycon AG’s (“Formycon”) appeals of preliminary injunctions entered in ongoing aflibercept biosimilar litigations with...more

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Federal Court finds patent ineligible for listing against SNDS

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In Bayer Inc v Amgen Canada Inc, 2024 FC 1849, the Court granted a motion brought by Amgen for a declaration that Canadian Patent No. 3,007,276 (276 patent) was ineligible for inclusion on the Patent Register and that the...more

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PM(NOC) Regulations: seven-year anniversary of major amendments

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September 21, 2024, marked the seventh anniversary of the significant amendments to the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations (Regulations). This article provides an update on activities in the seventh year...more

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2023 Highlights in Canadian Life Sciences IP and Regulatory Law

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Eli Lilly v Teva, Pharmascience, Riva, Apotex, Mylan (tadalafil, CIALIS) – Following a summary trial, Lilly’s infringement actions were dismissed: composition claims directed to “a physiologically acceptable salt” of...more

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PM(NOC) Regulations: Six-year anniversary of major amendments

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September 21, 2023, marked the sixth anniversary of the significant amendments to the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations (Regulations). This article provides an update on activities in the sixth year...more

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Federal Circuit: Finding the Safe Harbor in Drug Development's Choppy Waters

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently upheld the district court’s denial of a judgment as a matter of law (JMOL) or, alternatively, motion for a new trial, reinforcing the fine line that exists between...more

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2019 Mid-Year Highlights in Canadian Life Sciences IP

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Below are the major highlights in Canadian life sciences intellectual property and regulatory law that we have reported on in the first half of 2019....more

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2018 Highlights in Canadian Life Sciences IP

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In 2018 we reported on a number of developments in life sciences IP and regulatory law. Our most-read articles were: #1 a June update on biosimilars (authored by Urszula Wojtyra); #2 a “live” summary chart of Vanessa’s Law...more

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Rx IP Update - November 2018

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In This Issue: Ontario Court of Appeal allows Sanofi and Schering to plead that Federal Court ramipril patent invalidity decision was flawed due to “promise doctrine” - In an action by Apotex for compensation from...more

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Attorney General’s Office May Weigh In on Constitutionality of IPRs involving Pre-AIA Patents

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The 2011 America Invents Act (AIA) provided a variety of new ways to administratively challenge patents, including the now widely used inter partes review (“IPR”) procedure. In two recent appeals of IPR decisions, Genentech...more

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Rx IP Update - 2018 Mid-Year Highlights in Canadian Life Sciences IP

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In this special mid-year edition, we take a look at the major highlights in Canadian life sciences and intellectual property law that we have reported on over the last six months, starting with one of the most closely-watched...more

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Rx IP Update - 2017 Highlights in Canadian Life Sciences IP

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The year 2017 was one of the most significant years for Canadian Life Sciences IP and Regulatory Law in Canada’s history. The year saw major developments in patent linkage, patent term, and substantive patent issues. As we...more

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Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in Amgen v. Sandoz

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On January 13, 2017, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Amgen v. Sandoz, 794. F.3d 1347 (Fed. Cir. 2015) and Sandoz v. Amgen, 773 F.3d 1274 (Fed. Cir. 2014), appealed from the Federal Circuit. The petitions involve the...more

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Post-Grant Challenges in Life Sciences: A Midyear Assessment

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The America Invents Act established inter partes review and post-grant reviews mechanisms to challenge the validity of issued United States patents. These procedures were created to improve patent quality, and were introduced...more

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