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Pharma and Biotech Patent Cases Initiated
Ansell Healthcare Products LLC & Anor v Reckitt Benckiser (Australia) Pty Ltd ACN 003 274 655 & Ors
NSD1180/2014
14-Nov-2014
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/NSD1180/2014/actions
Compound/product: unknown
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Investments (Ireland) (No. 2) Limited & Anor v Generic Partners Pty Ltd
VID638/2014
29-Oct-2014
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/VID638/2014/actions
Compound/product: Extended release paracetamol
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Investments (Ireland) (No. 2) Limited & Anor v Pharmacor Pty Ltd
VID649/2014
31-Oct-2014
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/VID649/2014/actions
Compound/product: Extended release paracetamol
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Investments (Ireland) (No. 2) Limited & Anor v Apotex Pty Ltd
VID571/2014
03-Oct-2014
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/VID571/2014/actions
Compound/product: Extended release paracetamol
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. & Anor v Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd
NSD954/2014
22-Sep-2014
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/NSD954/2014/actions
Compound/product: unknown
Alphapharm Pty Ltd v H Lundbeck A/S
NSD706/2014
15-Jul-2014
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/NSD643/2014/actions
Compound / Product: escitalopram
H Lundbeck A/S & Anor v Aspen Pharma Pty Ltd
NSD645/2014
26-Jun-2014
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/NSD645/2014/actions
Compound / Product: escitalopram
H Lundbeck A/S & Anor v Sandoz Pty Ltd
NSD647/2014
26-Jun-2014
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/NSD647/2014/actions
Compound / Product: escitalopram
H Lundbeck A/S & Anor v Apotex Pty Ltd
NSD644/2014
26-Jun-2014
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/NSD644/2014/actions
Compound / Product: escitalopram
H Lundbeck A/S & Anor v Alphapharm Pty Ltd
NSD643/2014
26-Jun-2014
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/NSD643/2014/actions
Compound / Product: escitalopram
Apotex Ptd v Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd
VID317/2014
10-Jun-2014
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/VID317/2014/actions
Compound / Product: aripiprazole
Abbott Australasia Pty Ltd ACN 000 180 389 & Anor v Alphapharm Pty Ltd
NSD550/2014
30-May-2014
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/NSD550/2014/actions
Compound / Product: fenofibrate
AstraZeneca AB & Anor v Medis Pharma Pty Ltd
VID231/2014
17-Apr-2014
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/VID231/2014/actions
Compound/Product: esomeprazole
Warner-Lambert Company LLC v Generic Partners Pty Ltd
NSD251/2014
10-Mar-2014
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/NSD251/2014/actions
Compound / Product: unknown
Refine Technology LLC v DSM IP Assets Bv
NSD273/2014
17-Mar-2014
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/NSD273/2014/actions
Compound / Product: unknown
Warner-Lambert Company LLC v Apotex Pty Ltd
NSD199/2014
25-Feb-2014
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/NSD199/2014/actions
Compound / Product: pregabalin (Lyrica)
Orion Corporation and Novartis v Actavis Australia Pty Ltd ACN 122 896 468
NSD2456/2013
5 Dec 2013
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/NSD2456/2013/actions
Compound / Product: levodopa, carbidopa and entacapone
Sunesis Pharmaceuticals Inc & Anor v Commissioner of Patents
VID1381/2013
23-Dec-2013
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/VID1381/2013/actions
Compound / Product: unknown
AstraZeneca AB v Apotex Pty Ltd
VID1360/2013
17-Dec-2013
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/VID1360/2013/actions
Compound / Product: unknown
Novartis AG & Ors v Apotex Pty Limited
VID1200/2013
20 Nov 2013
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/VID1200/2013/actions
Compound / Product: valsartan
Eremad Pty Ltd v Sanofi
NSD2426/2013
28-Nov-2013
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/NSD2426/2013/actions
Compound / Product: unknown
Pfizer Inc. & Ors v Petrus Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd
SYG2833/2013
14-Nov-2013
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/SYG2833/2013/actions
Compound / Product: unknown
Sandoz Pty Ltd v Euro-Celtique S.A
NSD2147/2013
18-Oct-2013
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/NSD2147/2013/actions
Compound / Product: unknown
AstraZeneca AB & Anor v Alphapharm Pty Ltd
VID876/2013
26-Aug-2013
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/VID876/2013/actions
Compound / Product: esomeprazole
Les Laboratoires Servier & Anor v Apotex Pty Ltd & Generic Partners Pty Ltd
VID603/2013
28-Jun-2013
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/VID603/2013/actions
Compound / Product: gliclazide
B. Braun Melsungen AG v Multigate Medical Devices Pty Ltd
VID463/2013
05-Jun-2013
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/VID463/2013/actions
Compound / Product: unknown
Novartis AG & Ors v Bayer Australia Ltd
NSD890/2013
21-May-2013
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/NSD890/2013/actions
Compound / Product: unknown
Reckitt Benckiser Healthcare UK Ltd v GlaxoSmithKline Australia Pty Ltd
NSD734/2013
02-May-2013
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/NSD734/2013/actions
Compound / Product: Children’s Panadol incorporating a liquid dispensing apparatus
Apotex Pty Limited v Northwestern University, Pfizer Inc and Warner Lambert
NSD763/2013
08-May-2013
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/NSD763/2013/actions
Compound / Product: Unknown
Gilead Sciences Australia Pty Ltd v Idenix (Cayman) Ltd & Ors
NSD48/2013
17-Jan-2013
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/NSD48/2013/actions
Compound / Product: a hepatitis C treatment
Bayer Pharma Aktiengesellschaft & Anor v Spirit Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd, Ascent Pharma Pty Ltd and Watson Pharma Pty Ltd
NSD1981/2012
4-Dec-2012
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/NSD1981/2012/actions
Compound / Product: drospirenone and ethinylestradiol
Apotex Pty Limited v Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp & Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc
NSD2035/2012
7 Dec 2012
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/NSD2035/2012/actions
Compound / Product: desloratadine
Novartis AG & Anor v Apotex Pty Ltd
NSD2042/2012
10-Dec-2012
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/NSD2042/2012/actions
Compound / Product: zoledronate
Bayer Pharma Aktiengesellschaft & Another v Apotex Pty Ltd
NSD2194/2012
19 Dec 2012
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/NSD2194/2012/actions
Compound / Product: drospirenone and ethinylestradiol
Aspen Pharma Pty Ltd, Alphapharm, Apotex and Sandoz v H Lundbeck A/S & Anor
NSD2236/2012
21-Dec-2012
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/NSD2236/2012/actions
Compound / Product: escitalopram (Citalopram)
DSM Nutritional Products, LLC v Suntory Holdings Limited
VID1029/2012
7 Dec 2012
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/VID1029/2012/actions
Compound / Product: Unknown
Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc v Commissioner of Patents
NSD1892/2012
21-Nov-2012
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/NSD1892/2012/actions
Compound / Product: unknown
Apotex Pty Limited v Pfizer Ireland Pharmaceuticals & Anor
NSD1174/2012
15-Aug-2012
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/NSD1174/2012/actions
Compound / Product: sildenafil
Novartis AG & Ors V Hospira Pty Limited
NSD1048/2012
25-Jul-2012
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/NSD1048/2012/actions
Compound : zoledronate
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp & Anor v Apotex Pty Ltd ACN 096 916 148
NSD936/2012
02-Jul-2012
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/NSD936/2012/actions
Compound / Product: mometasone
Bayer Pharma Aktiengesellschaft v Genentech, Inc
NSD904/2012
27-Jun-2012
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/NSD904/2012/actions
Compound / Product: VEGF-Trap.
Eli Lilly and Company & Anor v Apotex Pty Ltd
NSD622/2012
02-May-2012
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/NSD622/2012/actions
Compound / Product: raloxifene
Bayer Pharma Aktiengesellschaft & Anor v Generic Health Pty Ltd & Anor
NSD236/2012
15-Feb-2012
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/NSD236/2012/actions
Compound: drospirenone (in combination with ethinyl estradiol)
Apotex Pty Ltd v Les Laboratoires Servier
NSD51/2012
16 Jan 2012
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/NSD51/2012/actions
Compound / Product: perindopril
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co Ltd & BMS v Generic Health Pty Ltd
NSD121/2012
25-Jan-2012
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/NSD121/2012/actions
Compound / Product: aripiprazole
Apotex Pty Limited v F. Hoffman-La Roche AG
NSD19/2012
10-Jan-2012
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/NSD19/2012/actions
Compound / Product: valganciclovir hydrochloride
Celgene Corporation v Commissioner of Patents
VID102/2012
06-Feb-2012
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/VID102/2012/actions
Compound / Product: unknown
AstraZeneca AB & Anor v Actavis Australia Pty Ltd
NSD90/2012
20-Jan-2012
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/NSD90/2012/actions
Compound / Product: rosuvastatin
AstraZeneca AB & Anor v Ascent Pharma Pty Ltd
NSD208/2012
10-Feb-2012
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/NSD208/2012/actions
Compound / Product: rosuvastatin
Apotex Pty Ltd v AstraZeneca AB
NSD673/2011
18-May-2011
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/NSD673/2011/actions
Compound / Product: rosuvastatin
Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited & Anor v AstraZeneca AB & Anor
VID1008/2011
16-Sep-2011
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/VID1008/2011/actions
Compound / Product: eosomeprazole
AstraZeneca AB v Apotex Pty Ltd
NSD1916/2011
31-Oct-2011
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/NSD1916/2011/actions
Compound / Product: unknown
Watson Pharma Pty Ltd v AstraZeneca AB
NSD2342/2011
22 Dec 2011
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/NSD2342/2011/actions
Compound / Product: rosuvastatin