AbbVie Faces 1st Antitrust Suit Over Humira 'Patent Thicket'

By Jeff Overley · March 18, 2019, 11:11 PM EDT

AbbVie Inc.'s colossal "patent thicket" for its $20-billion-per-year immunosuppressant Humira has empowered it to block less-expensive biosimilars in violation of numerous antitrust laws, according to a first-of-its-kind suit launched Monday....

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Case Information

Case Title

In Re: Humira (Adalimumab) Antitrust Litigation

Case Number

1:19-cv-01873

Court

Illinois Northern

Nature of Suit

410(Anti-Trust)

Date Filed

March 18, 2019