Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 247: Reimagining Cell Therapy for Solid Tumors with Ming-Wei Chen and Fangheng Zhou of RephImmune
Taking the Pulse: A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 235: Revolutionizing Cancer Care with Eric Perrault of Kiyatec
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 234: Life-Saving Collaboration in the Life Sciences Industry with John Crowley, President & CEO of BIO
Episode 230: Innovations in Cancer Treatment with Dr. Ray DuBois of MUSC Hollings Center
Medical Device Legal News with Sam Bernstein: Episode 18
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 169: Shirley Paddock, Senior VP of Clinical Development, Syneos Health
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 168: Christine Harhaj, Senior Director of Advocacy & Strategic Alliances, PhRMA
Podcast: Unpacking FDA's Final Clinical Decision Support Guidance - Diagnosing Health Care
Podcast: Post-Dobbs - Considerations for Clinical Trials and Research - Diagnosing Health Care
Podcast - Talking Sickle Cell Trait with NFL Wide Receiver Ty Montgomery and Dr. Anjulika Chawla, MD, FAAP
Product Launching in the Era of COVID-19 - Diagnosing Health Care Podcast
JONES DAY PRESENTS® Digital Health and Clinical Research: Understanding Regulatory Regimes
JONES DAY PRESENTS® The Impact of Digital Health on Research and Clinical Trials
Nota Bene Episode 75: Clinical Trial Disclosures on the World Map with TrialScope Chief Strategy Officer Thomas Wicks
Podcast: Non-binding Guidance: SEC Disclosure Issues for Life Sciences Companies
Life Sciences Quarterly (Q3 2019): SEC Enforcement and Class Actions Regarding FDA Communications
Podcast: Non-binding Guidance: Real-World Evidence in Drug Development and FDA Submissions
Passage of Federal Right-to-Try law poses risks and opportunities for patients and the biopharmaceutical industry
Life Sciences Quarterly (Q4 2017): The Use of Social Media and Mobile Applications
In Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Avadel Cns Pharmaceuticals, LLC, Appeal No. 24-2274, the Federal Circuit held that injunctions prohibiting the initiation of new clinical trials for paper NDA drugs before patent expiration...more
The Federal Circuit recently considered the scope of a permanent injunction that prohibited a drug manufacturer from conducting certain clinical and regulatory activities in Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Avadel CNS...more
Analyzing the permissible scope of an injunction under the Hatch-Waxman Act, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed the district court’s prohibitions on an open-label extension (OLE) of a then-running...more
In a precedential ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Jazz Pharma. v. Avadel CNS Pharma., 2025 WL 1298920, — F.4th — (Fed. Cir. May 6, 2025), addressed the scope of the 35 U.S.C. § 271(e)(1) “safe...more
The answer to this inquiry is “yes” — but maybe “no.” Will confidentiality agreements shield any prior art concerns? Once again, maybe “yes” — but maybe “no.” Indeed, do clinical trials constitute an experimental use that...more
Patent owners generally look to secondary indicia to bolster their nonobvious defenses when prior art and/or knowledge of a person of ordinary skill in the art (“POSA”) seem to make the obviousness decision a close call. This...more
Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are typically composed of a monoclonal antibody attached to a cytotoxic drug via a chemical linker. The antibody is able to identify biomarkers on and attach to cancer cells, allowing targeted...more
In a decision that issued last week, a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) panel instituted inter partes review (“IPR”) of a petition filed by Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC (“Merck”) for a patent owned by The Johns Hopkins...more
There have been only a few precedential decisions from the Federal Circuit related to obviousness since spring sprung. While these decisions have produced mixed results for the lower courts, clinical study protocols have held...more
In a final written decision of an inter partes review proceeding, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board found all 12 claims of a challenged patent unpatentable as either anticipated or obvious. Each ground of unpatentability...more
Case Name: Novartis Pharms. Corp. v. Accord Healthcare, Inc., No. 2021-1070, 2022 WL 16759 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 3, 2022) (Circuit Judges Moore, Linn, and O’Malley presiding; Opinion by O’Malley, J.; Dissenting Opinion by Moore,...more
Biogen International GMBH, Biogen MA, Inc., v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. marks the Federal Circuit’s most recent interpretation of the 35 U.S.C. § 112 written description requirement in the Hatch-Waxman context. No....more
Pharmaceutical companies only need patents for compositions of matter and general methods of use, right? Wrong. Discoveries can happen well into Phase III and IV and pharmaceutical companies should seek patent protection for...more
On October 29, 2019, the Federal Court issued its final decision under the pre-amended Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations: Janssen Inc v Apotex Inc, 2019 FC 1355. Justice Phelan granted Janssen’s...more
In OSI Pharmaceuticals LLC v. Apotex, Inc., the Federal Circuit reversed the PTAB’s determination that a Tarceva® patent was invalid as obvious because the decision was not supported by a reasonable expectation of success....more
OSI PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC v. APOTEX INC - Before Stoll, Newman, and Taranto. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: A pharmaceutical company’s statement touting the completion of Phase I safety trials...more
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
ENDO PHARM, INC., v. ACTAVIS LLC - Before Wallach, Clevenger, and Stoll. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware....more
Federal Circuit Summaries - Before Newman, Dyk, and Chen. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: An injury-in-fact is required to establish Article III standing for judicial review of agency action,...more
Case Name: Teva Pharms. USA, Inc. v. Sandoz Inc. (In re Copaxone Consol. Cases), 906 F.3d 1013, Fed. Cir. No. 2017-1575, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 28751 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 12, 2018) (Circuit Judges Reyna, Bryson, and Stoll; Opinion...more
The Federal Circuit decision in Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. v. Roxane Laboratories, Inc. addressed several aspects of obviousness doctrine. We previously wrote about the impact of a blocking patent on consideration of objective...more
Kyle Bass has filed numerous prior IPR petitions against pharmaceutical patents, some of which have been denied due to use of prior art references that were not sufficiently proven to be “publicly accessible” (see “Clinical...more
In the most recent loss for Kyle Bass’ hedge fund in IPR proceedings, the Board denied institution of an IPR based on a petition filed by Coalition for Affordable Drugs V LLC (CFAD) against Biogen MA Inc. IPR2015-01136, Paper...more