Fed Circuit backs Eli Lilly in Apotex’s appeal over failed Alimta NDA
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit yesterday, December 21, upheldEli Lilly’s success in barring the sale of a copycat version of cancer treatment Alimta (pemetrexed disodium).
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21 December 2021 Apotex has asked the US Supreme Court to reconsider a US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruling upholding four of Teva Pharmaceutical’s cancer drug patents.
2 January 2020 Eli Lilly has won a victory in a cancer drug dispute after a federal judge ruled that Canadian pharmaceutical company Apotex’s new drug application infringed the company’s patent.
23 August 2013 Eli Lilly has begun its defence of a patent covering lung cancer drug Alimta against generic companies including Teva, Barr Laboratories and APP Pharmaceuticals.