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Third Circuit Affirms Rejection of AstraZeneca’s Challenges to IRA Drug Price Negotiation Program

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On May 8, 2025, the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed the district court’s dismissal of AstraZeneca’s challenges to the Inflation Reduction Act’s Drug Price Negotiation Program and CMS’s Guidance implementing...more

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District Court Dismisses Manufacturer Lawsuit Challenging Colorado Price Setting for Prescription Drug

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There are currently six states with active Prescription Drug Affordability Boards (PDABs) — Colorado, Maryland, Washington, Oregon, New Hampshire, and Minnesota....more

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California's Ban on Reverse Payment Settlements Partially Survives After a Five-Year Battle

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As state legislatures introduce legislation expanding the reach of their antitrust laws and state attorneys general ramp up their use of antitrust investigations and litigation, the legal landscape continues to become more...more

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District Court Enjoins California's Unprecedented "Reverse Payment" Law

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On December 8, 2021, a federal district court granted a preliminary injunction temporarily enjoining enforcement of the California state law Preserving Access to Affordable Drugs, which attempts to sanction reverse-payment...more

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Unprecedented State Law on Pharmaceutical “Reverse Payments” Goes Into Effect

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A new California law, Preserving Access to Affordable Drugs, AB-824 (the Act), which is aimed at curbing reverse-payment patent settlements, took effect on January 1. The Act codifies a presumption that any transfer of value...more

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Legal Developments to Keep an Eye Out for in 2020

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Here are our picks of some legal developments to keep an eye out for in the new year: Federal Circuit Decisions on Bevacizumab and Trastuzumab Preliminary Injunctions: Appeals are pending on the District of Delaware’s...more

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U.S. Court Of Appeals For The Federal Circuit Has Held That Neither State Agencies Nor Indian Tribes Enjoy Sovereign Immunity,...

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On July 20, 2018 in Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, Allergan, Inc. v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc., a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Dyk, Moore and Reyna JJ) held that Native American (“Indian”) Tribes do...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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Federal Circuit Solicits U.S. Attorney General’s Views on Constitutionality of Subjecting Pre-AIA Patents to Inter Partes Review

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Genentech recently submitted two opening appellate briefs to the Federal Circuit in connection with its appeals from the Board’s final written decisions in Hospira’s IPRs, IPR2016-01771 and IPR2016-01837, which found that the...more

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Rx IP Update - July 2018

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IN THIS ISSUE: - Shire’s VYVANSE patent valid, prohibition order issued - First judicial consideration of Vanessa’s Law: Health Canada must disclose requested clinical trial data - PMPRB News - Patented Medicine...more

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U.S. IPR Patent Review Process Legality Has Been Upheld

Houston-based oilfield services company Oil States International, Inc. challenged the legality of inter partes review (IPR), a patent review process that allows the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) to hold hearings with...more

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Rx IP Update - December 2017

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PMPRB News - PMPRB releases scoping paper relating to proposed amended Regulations - As previously reported, on December 2, 2017, Canada’s Governor-in-Council published proposed Regulations Amending the Patented...more

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