Legal
A federal court in Massachusetts has granted Pfizer and BioNTech’s motion to put on hold Moderna’s lawsuit over alleged patent infringement related to their COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty.
Florida District Judge Roy Altman earlier this week ruled against Eli Lilly, finding that the drugmaker cannot use state law to block reformulated versions of its blockbuster weight-loss and diabetes medication tirzepatide.
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a complaint against Regeneron alleging that the pharma knowingly omitted credit card price concessions for Eylea to inflate Medicare reimbursement rates.
A Delaware judge on Wednesday agreed with Roivant subsidiary Arbutus and Genevant’s interpretation of specific patent claims regarding the lipid nanoparticle delivery system used by Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine.
Sanofi has in principle reached a settlement related to its discontinued heartburn drug Zantac, though the French pharma did not disclose the financial terms of the deal.
A federal appeals court Monday backed Teva and Viatris’ challenge to a lower court ruling, finding that the companies can again make their case against Johnson & Johnson’s patent covering its schizophrenia drug Invega Sustenna.
U.S. intelligence officials have informed senators that China-based biotech WuXi AppTec transferred an American client’s intellectual property to the Chinese government without consent, reports Reuters.
The National Institutes of Health claims BioNTech is in default regarding alleged royalty payments the agency contends it is owed in connection with the company’s COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty.
An appellate court sided with Regeneron versus Novartis on Monday, agreeing that anti-VEGF pre-filled syringes constitute a distinct market than those sold in vials. The case involves Regeneron’s Eylea and Novartis’ Lucentis eye treatments.
A lawsuit filed by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America failed to block an Arkansas law that empowers hospitals to use outside pharmacies to dispense discounted drugs.
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