Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi, 14-1317-SLR. (2016)
Court: District Court, D. Delaware
Number: infdco20160316734
Visitors: 25
Filed: Mar. 10, 2016
Latest Update: Mar. 10, 2016
Summary: MEMORANDUM ORDER SUE L. ROBINSON , District Judge . At Wilmington this 10 th day of March, 2016, having reviewed the papers filed in connection with various evidentiary issues; IT IS ORDERED that the relief requested vis a vis plaintiffs' evidentiary issues 10 and 14 is granted in part and denied in part. Plaintiffs assert that there are no acceptable non-infringing substitutes because the FDA-approved label indications for Repatha and Praluent limit the patient population to those on
Summary: MEMORANDUM ORDER SUE L. ROBINSON , District Judge . At Wilmington this 10 th day of March, 2016, having reviewed the papers filed in connection with various evidentiary issues; IT IS ORDERED that the relief requested vis a vis plaintiffs' evidentiary issues 10 and 14 is granted in part and denied in part. Plaintiffs assert that there are no acceptable non-infringing substitutes because the FDA-approved label indications for Repatha and Praluent limit the patient population to those on ..
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MEMORANDUM ORDER
SUE L. ROBINSON, District Judge.
At Wilmington this 10th day of March, 2016, having reviewed the papers filed in connection with various evidentiary issues;
IT IS ORDERED that the relief requested vis a vis plaintiffs' evidentiary issues 10 and 14 is granted in part and denied in part. Plaintiffs assert that there are no acceptable non-infringing substitutes because the FDA-approved label indications for Repatha® and Praluent® limit the patient population to those on "maximally tolerated statin therapy." According to plaintiffs, "[b]y definition, statins could not be a substitute because these patients were already maxed out on statins and still needed additional LDL-lowering." (D.I. 252) Defendants counter that, consistent with Slimfold Mfg. Co. v. Kinkead Indus., 932 F.2d 1453, 1458 (Fed. Cir. 1991), statins should be considered acceptable non-infringing alternatives, unless plaintiffs can demonstrate that "consumers specifically want a [drug] with [the patented] advantages." Generally the evidence in dispute (whether physicians specifically want to use Repatha® with its higher dosage) is relevant to the question posed in Slimfold. I agree with plaintiffs, however, that evidence of why physicians might not prescribe the higher dosage Repatha® will not include any reference to the FDA's suggested "concerns regarding very low LDL," given that Repatha® has been approved by the FDA as "safe and effective" for all the indications approved for Praluent®. Without knowing the specifics of the anticipated testimony, further discussion may be warranted.
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