(EPLAW) Prevacid (Lansoprazole) – US: Takeda files patent infringement complaint against Zydus following Para IV challenge (Patent Docs) Reyataz (Atazanavir) – US: Bristol-Myer Squibb, Novartis file patent infringement suit against Teva following Para IV challenge (Patent Docs) Treximet (Sumatriptan, Naproxen) – US: POZEN enters into settlement agreement with Teva regarding Para IV patent litigation (SmartBrief) Zerit (Stavudine) – US: Promote Innovation files false… [read post]

You can separately subscribe to the IP Think Tank Global Week in Review at the Subscribe page: [duncanbucknell.com]   Highlights this week included: Humira (Adalimumab) – US: Bayer HealthCare files patent infringement suit against Abbott Laboratories over Humira; Abbott fires back with lawsuit claiming Bayer’s patent invalid, not infringed or unenforceable (Law360) (Law360) (Philip Brooks' Patent Infringement Updates) (Patent Baristas) Sprycel (Dasatinib)… [read post]

In the Hatch-Waxman area, Pozen, Inc. announced Par Pharmaceutical Inc. has filed an application with the Food and Drug Administration [FDA] to make a generic version of Treximet, a migraine treatment Pozen developed with GlaxoSmithKline PLC, and shares of Pozen shed nearly 28 percent of their value on 17 Oct. 08 [read post]

Investors file class action suit against Pozen, based on failure to obtain FDA approval of migraine drug. [read post]