May 18, 2022
A federal judge in Delaware has rejected a legal effort to prevent a Washington, D.C., patent lawyer from representing an Indian pharmaceutical company in a patent fight with Novartis over the blockbuster multiple sclerosis drug Gilenya.
May 05, 2022
A special master recommended Thursday that a Delaware federal court rebuff Novartis' bid to disqualify one of its competitor's attorneys in a drug patent suit over the multiple sclerosis treatment Gilenya, determining that it's unlikely the lawyer will be called to testify.
April 25, 2022
Novartis Pharmaceutical Corp. continued to argue that a lawyer representing Shilpa Pharma Inc. must be disqualified because his testimony as a witness will likely be "central" to a patent dispute in Delaware federal court over a multiple sclerosis drug.
December 14, 2021
Shilpa Pharma Inc. has asked the Delaware federal court to reject Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.'s bid to disqualify a lawyer representing Shilpa in a patent dispute over a multiple sclerosis drug, arguing Novartis' contention the attorney is conflicted is "speculative at best and completely baseless at worst."
November 24, 2021
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. asked a Delaware federal court to disqualify a lawyer representing another pharmaceutical company that has filed a patent infringement suit against it related to a multiple sclerosis drug, saying the attorney is a key witness in the litigation.