Seyfarth Shaw is pleased to announce The BioLoquitur Bulletin: Drugs Available in 2018 for Generic Competition, published by the Life Sciences team. The BioLoquitur Bulletin provides a brief overview of selected New Chemical Entities (NCE) that were approved by the FDA in the year 2014. While not every NCE will be a target for NCE-1 litigation, the Dissection Guide offers information about the drug products, indications, and Orange Book patents. In calendar year 2014, the FDA’s Center for…

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner, Dr. Scott Gottlieb, has made generic drugs and drug pricing an agency priority by emphasizing the critical value of generic drugs to public health. In 2017, 1027 total generic drugs were approved, which was the highest number of generic drugs approved in a single year.[1] Table 1 below illustrates 2017 approvals by month.…

This webinar is hosted by The Knowledge Group. On April 17th at 10 a.m. ET, Dr. Dean Fanelli and Dr. Thomas Haag, along with Jens Viktor Nørgaard of HØIBERG, Niklas Mattsson of Awapatent, Mr. Glyn Truscott of Elkington + Fife LLP and Jennifer O’Farrell of Boult Wade Tennant, will present a live webcast on Bridging the Gap Between EU and U.S. Biotech Inventions Protection. Biotechnology companies both in the U.S. and Europe rely greatly on patents…

This webinar is hosted by The Knowledge Group. On March 22nd at 12 p.m. ET, Dean Fanelli and Jamaica Szeliga, along with Timothy Shea of Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C., will present a live webcast on Biosimilar Litigation and Your BPCIA Compliance: Key Strategies In Light of AbbVie v. Boehringer. The previous year saw an increase in biosimilar filings in the U.S., including the recent suit filed by AbbVie in the U.S. District Court…

Seyfarth Shaw Offers Hatch-Waxman And Biosimilars Litigation: 2017 Year-in-Review Today’s rapid scientific and technological advances demand not only a thorough understanding of the complex technology, but also a meticulous application of intellectual property law to protect the technology. Seyfarth’s Intellectual Property and Hatch-Waxman Litigation practitioners are pleased to announce the release of Hatch-Waxman And Biosimilars Litigation: 2017 Year-in-Review which provides a brief overview of the Hatch-Waxman Act, a summary of the recently released FDA Draft…

This is a cross-posted blog from The Blunt Truth. Despite the dearth of approved marijuana products, the term “medical marijuana” has become commonplace, and the term’s prevalence continues to increase as more states legalize the use of the marijuana plant and its active derivatives for medical purposes, and marijuana dispensaries continue to expand throughout the United States. As of 2017, 29 states and the District of Columbia have approved the use of marijuana for…