September 19, 2024
A Pennsylvania federal judge has agreed to pause a class action against Abbott and other drugmakers over allegedly sham patent cases, saying a settlement between the two sides may be in the works.
August 23, 2024
A Pennsylvania federal judge has denied a request from direct purchasers of pharmaceuticals to compel the leaders of Abbott Laboratories and other companies to express "subjective beliefs" about sham patent litigation they allegedly engaged in, dismissing the purchasers' fears that the companies would change their position on certain issues at the last minute during trial.
November 29, 2023
Judges on a Third Circuit panel were skeptical Wednesday of arguments from AbbVie Inc. that a lower court's ruling on discovery of attorney communications in a "sham" patent case would open the floodgates to privilege challenges any time a drug company files a suit that slows down a competitor.
March 27, 2023
AbbVie Inc. and Besins Healthcare Inc. will have to turn over 100 documents previously deemed protected by attorney-client privilege, so a Pennsylvania federal judge can determine whether there's evidence that patent litigation they filed more than a decade ago was a sham.
January 20, 2023
A Pennsylvania federal court ruled that an infringement case filed in 2011 by AbbVie and Besins over AndroGel was objectively baseless, siding with drug wholesalers on a key allegation in their suit accusing the companies of delaying generic versions of the testosterone drug.
March 24, 2022
Drug wholesalers suing AbbVie and Besins for delaying generic Androgel from hitting the market can't stop the pharmaceutical companies from relitigating issues that the buyers said were already decided in a Federal Trade Commission action, a Pennsylvania federal judge has ruled.
April 02, 2021
Pharmaceutical companies scolded plaintiffs waging an antitrust fight over testosterone treatment AndroGel for asking a Pennsylvania federal court to let them share sensitive records obtained through discovery with the Federal Trade Commission.
January 07, 2020
A Pennsylvania federal judge has turned down an effort by the makers of AndroGel to move an antitrust suit over generic competition out of the Keystone State and combine it with similar litigation in Georgia, saying the suits' claims are insufficiently linked.
November 26, 2019
AndroGel maker AbbVie has told a Philadelphia federal judge that an antitrust suit against the company in Pennsylvania should be consolidated with a similar suit in Georgia even though only one plaintiff remains in the Georgia case.
November 22, 2019
In a move that could impact a bid to transfer an antitrust suit against AndroGel maker AbbVie Inc. and its affiliates from Pennsylvania to multidistrict litigation in Georgia, a group of direct purchasers and retailers said on Thursday that they have agreed to settle claims in the Keystone State.