Category: Preliminary Injunction

  • Sciele Pharma v. Lupin, No. 2012-1228 (Fed. Cir.) In a precedential decision today, the Federal Circuit vacated a preliminary injunction that had been entered against Lupin in the ANDA litigation over Lupin's generic version of FORTAMET (metformin extended-release tablets).  This is the second preliminary injunction against Lupin that the Federal Circuit has vacated in the…

  • Warner Chilcott Labs. v. Mylan Pharms. Inc., No. 2011-1611 (Fed. Cir.) An interesting development in ANDA litigation this year has been the increasing frequency with which district courts have granted preliminary injunctions or temporary restraining orders against ANDA filers–even, in some cases, after the district court has found after a full trial that the patents…