On Monday, in the much-anticipated decision in Acetris Health, LLC v. U.S. 18-2399, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (the “Federal Circuit”) ruled that U.S. manufacture of a drug is sufficient to confer U.S. origin under the Trade Agreements Act (“TAA”) – regardless of the origin of its main component, the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (“API”). The decision affirmed a lower court ruling by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (“CoFC”) that had found… Continue Reading