By Kurt R. Karst – Company submissions to the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) can be a valuable source of information. Consider, for example, a recent quarterly report from Celgene Corporation, which states with respect to Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (“REMS”) that: In the fourth quarter …
By Kurt R. Karst – Some Senate Democrats have joined their Republican colleagues in voicing opposition to the inclusion of the “Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act” (S. 369) in the Fiscal Year 2011 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Bill (S. 3677). As we previously …
By Kurt R. Karst – FDA’s recent decision to grant an April 27, 2010 citizen petition submitted on behalf of Genzyme Corporation (“Genzyme”) concerning the Agency’s ability to approve Cobrek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s (“Cobrek’s”) pending ANDA for a generic version of HECTOROL (doxercalciferol) Injection sheds some light on …
By Kurt R. Karst – 2011 is shaping up to be an interesting year in the Hatch-Waxman world, and all eyes seem to be focusing on what will happen with Ranbaxy’s purported (sole) 180-day exclusivity for a generic version of the mega-blockbuster drug LIPITOR (atorvastatin calcium) …
By Kurt R. Karst – Earlier this year we posted on the effects of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s December 2009 “false marking” decision in Forest Group, Inc. v. Bon Tool Co. False marking is the act of placing an item in …
By Kurt R. Karst – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit answered “Yes” to this question in an October 6th decision in Teva v. Eisai (2009-1593) that could pave the way for generic versions of Eisai, Inc.s’ ARICEPT (donepezil HCl) Tablets sooner than …
By Kurt R. Karst – The voice of Michael Corleone – “Just when I thought I was out . . . they pull me back in” – played over and over again in our heads today when we learned that Apotex, Inc. filed a Petition for …
By Kurt R. Karst – In a short, but scathing opinion piece published in the October 5th Wall Street Journal (“WSJ”), the editors take on the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and those Members of Congress who want to ban patent settlements between brand-name and generic drug …
Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C.’s Kurt R. Karst will be speaking at the Center for Business Intelligence’s (“CBI’s”) 3rd Annual Life Sciences Congress on Paragraph IV Disputes, which is scheduled for October 18-19, 20109 at the Hilton Alexandria Old Town in Alexandria, Virginia. This popular …
By Kurt R. Karst – Just two days after Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (“Novartis”) filed a Complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging FDA’s September 14th approval of Watson Laboratories, Inc.’s ANDA No. 78-278 for a generic version of the herpes …
By Kurt R. Karst – On September 22, 2010, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (“Novartis”) filed a Complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging FDA’s September 14th approval of Watson Laboratories, Inc.’s ANDA No. 78-278 for a generic version of the herpes …
By Kurt R. Karst – Last Friday, a group of Republican Senators (Sens. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Tom Coburn, (R-OK), John Cornyn (R-TX), and John Thune (R-SD)) sent a letter to Senate Republican leaders expressing their “vigorous objection” to the inclusion of the “Preserve Access to …
By Kurt R. Karst – Do you have an ANDA prior approval supplement pending at FDA? How long has it been pending – 6 months? One year? 18 months? Well it might still some time until there is any action on it. Over the …
By Kurt R. Karst – It was not a question of whether ViroPharma Incorporated (“ViroPharma”) would sue FDA in connection with the approval of ANDAs for generic versions of the company’s antibiotic drug of last resort, VANCOCIN (vancomycin HCl) Capsules, but when. In addition …
By Kurt R. Karst – Earlier today (September 9th), in a notice filed with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (Alexandria Division), the government informed the court that “the Solicitor General has, at this time, elected against appeal” of Judge …
