In Re: Oxycontin Antitrust Litigation

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:04-md-01603

Court:

New York Southern

Nature of Suit:

Anti-Trust

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action, Multi-district Litigation

Judge:

Sidney H. Stein

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  1. April 08, 2015

    Purdue's Anti-Abuse OxyContin Patent Claims Found Invalid

    A New York federal judge on Wednesday ruled that although Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC infringed Purdue Pharma LP's patent with its generic version of an abuse-resistant variety of the pain medication OxyContin, Purdue's asserted claims are invalid as obvious and indefinite.

  2. May 28, 2014

    Judge Sends Abuse-Resistant OxyContin Patents To Trial

    A New York federal judge on Tuesday issued a major claims construction ruling for two of Purdue Pharma LP's OxyContin patents that are designed to prevent abuse of the painkiller, clearing the way for a July bench trial with generic producers over whether the patents are valid.

  3. January 14, 2014

    Teva Didn't Infringe OxyContin Patents, NY Judge Rules

    A New York federal judge on Tuesday found that Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. did not infringe any valid Purdue Pharma LP patent when it attempted to sell a generic version of narcotic pain medication OxyContin.

  4. September 25, 2013

    Par, Purdue Settle IP Claims In OxyContin Antitrust MDL

    Par Pharmaceutical Cos. Inc. has settled a suit alleging its proposed generic OxyContin infringed Purdue Pharma LP patents for a tamper-resistant form of the widely abused painkiller, according to a consent judgment Tuesday laying to rest claims that were rolled into antitrust multidistrict litigation in New York federal court.

  5. September 23, 2013

    Oxycontin Patents Not Infringed, Drug Cos. Say At Trial

    Impax Laboratories Inc. and other drug makers said Monday that generic versions of Purdue Pharma LP’s OxyContin do not infringe Purdue-held patents, opening a patent trial that could help end Purdue’s monopoly on some formulations of the popular painkiller.

  6. May 16, 2013

    Purdue Puts Generic OxyContin Suits To Rest

    Purdue Pharma LP on Thursday settled its suits against KVK-Tech Inc. and Varam Inc. in New York multidistrict litigation over plans to market a generic version of painkiller OxyContin.

  7. May 18, 2011

    CVS, Rite Aid Strike Deal In OxyContin MDL

    CVS Pharmacy Inc., Rite Aid Corp. and other direct purchasers of OxyContin reached a settlement Tuesday with Purdue Pharma LP in multidistrict litigation in New York alleging the drugmaker filed bogus patent litigation to crush generic competition for the painkiller.

  8. October 15, 2009

    Kentucky AG Fights To Remand OxyContin Claims

    Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway has asked a federal judge to remand to state court a suit accusing Purdue Pharma LP of failing to warn about the risks associated with controversial painkiller OxyContin, arguing that the drugmaker improperly joined the suit with unrelated patent and antitrust actions.

  9. September 02, 2008

    Purdue Pharma Strikes Licensing Deal For OxyContin

    Purdue Pharma LP and generics maker Mallinckrodt Inc. have struck a deal that will allow Mallinckrodt to market and sell its cheaper version of the brand-name painkiller OxyContin for a licensing fee.

  10. January 08, 2008

    Judge Finds Purdue's OxyContin Patents Enforceable

    A New York federal judge has found that Purdue Pharma LP did not engage in conduct that invalidated its patents for OxyContin in a ruling that the drug company claims severely damages antitrust claims against it in consolidated litigation.

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