Pfizer Canada Inc. successfully resisted Apotex’s appeal of the Federal Court’s dismissal of Apotex’s motion for summary judgment for invalidity based on a failure to pay the correct “final fee” owing prior to patent grant. The Federal Court of Appeal
October 2017
Federal Court confirms innovator must be named as respondent when PM(NOC) Regulations engaged
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The applicant brought a judicial review of Health Canada’s decision that its new drug submission triggered the PM(NOC) Regulations, and moved for a confidentiality order. The Federal Court has now upheld a decision requiring notice of the motion to…
PMPRB applies unknown test against patentee to make excessive-pricing order outside of the Guidelines
The Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB) has issued an excessive-pricing order against Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Alexion) in respect of SOLIRIS (eculizumab) based on the application of a Lowest International Price Comparison (LIPC) test.…