Treaty/Act: CETA/Bill C-30 (An Act to implement the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union and its Member States and to provide for certain other measures) With Canada moving closer towards implementing the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), major reforms to Canada’s Patent Act are coming soon, including the availability … Continue reading
Case: Apotex Inc v Eli Lilly Canada Inc, et al (SCC Docket 37368) Drug: CIALIS® (tadalafil) Nature of case: Application for leave to appeal decision upholding prohibition order granted pursuant to section 6 of the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations, SOR/93-133 (the Regulations) Successful party: Eli Lilly Canada Inc. and ICOS Corporation (collectively Eli Lilly) Date of decision: April … Continue reading
Health Canada has proposed regulations that will amend the Food and Drug Regulations to allow for importation of drugs that have not yet received regulatory approval from Health Canada. The new regulations will provide access to drugs that address an urgent public health need provided they have been approved in the United States, the European … Continue reading
Case: Bristol-Myers Squibb Canada Co v Teva Canada Limited, 2017 FCA 76 (A-191-16), aff’g (for different reasons) 2016 FC 580 (Court File No. T-1364-14) Drug: REYATAZ® (atazanavir bisulfate) Nature of case: Appeal from application for prohibition order granted pursuant to section 6 of the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations, SOR/93-133 (the Regulations) Successful party: … Continue reading
Case: Apotex Inc v Her Majesty the Queen, 2017 FCA 73 (Court File No. A-553-14/A-554-14) Drug: Apo-Trazodone Nature of case: Appeal of action for damages in tort and breach of contract Successful party: Apotex Inc. (in part) Date of decision: April 6, 2017 Summary The Federal Court of Appeal allowed Apotex’s appeal, in part, from … Continue reading
Case: Eli Lilly Canada Inc et al v Teva Canada Limited, 2017 FC 88 Drug: ZYPREXA® (olanzapine) Nature of case: Action pursuant to section 8 of the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations, SOR/93-133 (the Regulations) Successful party: Teva Canada Limited Date: April 4, 2017 (public reasons) Summary The Federal Court established the parameters to … Continue reading
Recent pharmaceutical cases in regulatory and intellectual property law have resulted in developments on several fronts, including: regulatory matters; patent validity and damages; Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations proceedings; and class actions. In this paper, we review some of the most notable Canadian decisions from 2015 that will continue to impact the legal landscape … Continue reading
Case: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP v United Therapeutics Corporation, 2017 TMOB 9 Trade-Mark: REMODULIN Nature of case: Summary expungement proceedingpursuant to section 45 of Trade-marks Act Successful party: United Therapeutics Corporation Date of decision: January 26, 2017 Summary The Trademarks Opposition Board (TMOB) accepted United Therapeutics Corporation’s evidence of use of the trade-mark REMODULIN … Continue reading
