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18 November 2020AmericasRory O'Neill

Third Circuit under fire over FTC v AbbVie ruling

The US Federal Trade Commission and AbbVie both want a federal appeals court to rehear a lawsuit accusing the drug company of quashing competition through sham patent litigation.

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