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Stephen BentPartner
FOLEY & LARDNER LLP ![]()
Stephen A. Bent is Partner and former co-leader of the Life Sciences Industry Team at Foley & Lardner in Washington, DC. He is also a member of the Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical Practice Group and the Health Care and Nanotechnology Industry Teams. Mr. Bent specializes on the legal issues associated...
Patrick Joseph IgoeLife Sciences Patent Attorney
Independent IP Litigation Consultant ![]()
Patrick Joseph Igoe is a consultant and registered patent attorney in New York. His focus is patent issues throughout Life Sciences - for example, diagnostic/therapeutic assays; medical devices/imaging technologies; Rx antibiotics, biologics, drugs, and vaccines; and OTC medicines. His expertise includes...
Thomas SaundersOf Counsel
RISSMAN HENDRICKS & OLIVERIO, LLP ![]()
Thomas Saunders is an Of Counsel at Rissman Hendricks & Oliverio. He specializes in representing emerging medical technology, biotechnology/genetic engineering and pharmaceutical concerns, particularly as to patent prosecution, patent strategy, IP licensing matters and ANDA Paragraph IV opinions. His...
Marc ScheinesonPartner & Chair, Food and Drug Practice
ALSTON & BIRD LLP ![]()
Marc Scheineson is a Partner with Alston & Bird where he heads the firm's Food and Drug Law Practice. He has practiced food and drug law, health care law and administrative law for over 20 years in national law firms and at the FDA. His practice focuses on determining the regulatory course of least...
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April 2, 2009
Patrick Joseph Igoe, Life Sciences Patent Attorney, Independent IP Litigation Consultant
Teva Introduces First Generic Adderall XR® Capsules in the United States | www.tevapharm.com
(1) As stated in the 02 Apr 2009 Press Release, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NasdaqGS:TEVA) has launched its generic versions corresponding to the FDA-approved Orange Book Reference Listed Drug (RLD) medical products of ADDERALL XR Capsules (mixed salts of a single-entity amphetamine product;...
OXYCONTIN Update: Ratiopharm And Sandoz Infringe 2 European Patents Controlled By Napp And Purdue
April 2, 2009
Patrick Joseph Igoe, Life Sciences Patent Attorney, Independent IP Litigation Consultant
OXYCONTIN Update: England Patent Infringement Victory {Napp Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd v Ratiopharm GmbH [2009] EWCA Civ 252 (01 April 2009)} | www.bailii.org
(1) In this article, the London 01 Apr 2009 html version of judgment of the England and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division), a recent appellate court decision provides Napp and Purdue, in protecting OXYCONTIN, with a definitive patent infringement victory over both Ratiopharm GmbH andSandoz...
March 30, 2009
Patrick Joseph Igoe, Life Sciences Patent Attorney, Independent IP Litigation Consultant
Teva (NasdaqGS:TEVA) Announces FDA Response to Citizen Petition (Re COPAXONE ANDA) | www.tevapharm.com
As stated in the 25 Mar 2009 press release by Teva (NasdaqGS:TEVA), the FDA recently denied Teva's Citizen Petition (CP) which was previously filed 26 Sep 2008. Teva is now fully-engaged in its dual efforts to protect its American COPAXONE sales. These dual efforts are (1) at the FDA: through...
March 25, 2009
Patrick Joseph Igoe, Life Sciences Patent Attorney, Independent IP Litigation Consultant
Cubist Pharmaceuticals Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Teva Parenteral Medicines, Inc. | www.cubist.com
As noted in the Mon 23 Mar 2009 press release, Cubist has sued Teva in response to Teva's Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) seeking FDA approval of a generic version of CUBICIN. This patent dispute is critical because, as noted in recent SEC filings, CUBICIN sales account for substantially...
MULTAQ (dronderone hydrochloride) NDA - Sanofi-Aventis Awaits FDA Final Decision
March 23, 2009
Patrick Joseph Igoe, Life Sciences Patent Attorney, Independent IP Litigation Consultant
Heart-Drug Review Gives Sanofi Shot at $1.9 Billion (Update2) | www.bloomberg.com
As indicated in the Tue 17 Mar 2009 Bloomberg article, the FDA has provided Sanofi-Aventis SA (NYSE:SNY) with a positive viewpoint for current NDA No. 22-425 [submission date: 31 Jul 2008], the New Drug Application for MULTAQ (dronderone hydrochloride). However, this positive viewpoint is not...