The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is continuing to pursue pharmaceutical manufacturers for allegedly improperly listing patents in the “Orange Book,” delaying the entry of generic drug competitors. On May 21, the FTC...more
Pharmaceutical manufacturers are increasingly finding themselves defending decisions to list in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Orange Book patents that they assert are associated with their products. The...more
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) sued AbbVie and Besins Healthcare, co-owners of a patent that covered brand AndroGel, in 2017. The FTC claimed that the manufacturers had brought “sham” patent infringement litigation in...more
Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez and Debbie Feinstein, Director of the Commission's Bureau of Competition, held a thirty-minute press conference on Monday to discuss the latest foray in the Commission's...more