AMGEN INC. v. SANDOZ INC.

No. 2015-1499.

794 F.3d 1347 (2015)

AMGEN INC., Amgen Manufacturing Limited, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. SANDOZ INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

July 21, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas P. Groombridge , Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, N.Y., argued for plaintiffs-appellants. Also represented by Eric Alan Stone , Jennifer H. Wu , Jennifer Gordon , Peter Sandel , Michael T. Wu , Arielle K. Linsey ; Wendy A. Whiteford , Lois M. Kwasigroch , Kimberlin L. Morley , Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA; Vernon M. Winters , Alexander David Baxter , Sidley Austin LLP, San Francisco, CA.

Deanne Maynard , Morrison & Foerster LLP, Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee. Also represented by Joseph R. Palmore , Marc A. Hearron ; Rachel Krevans , San Francisco, CA; Julie Park, San Diego, CA.

Michael A. Morin , Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae AbbVie Inc. Also represented by David Penn Frazier , Gregory G. Garre , Melissa Arbus Sherry , Casey L. Dwyer , Robert J. Gajarsa.

Gregory Diskant , Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, N.Y., for amicus curiae Janssen Biotech, Inc. Also represented by Irena Royzman ; Dianne B. Elderkin , Barbara Mullin , Akin Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, Philadelphia, PA.

Lisa Barons Pensabene , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, N.Y., for amicus curiae Biotechnology Industry Organization. Also represented by Filko Prugo.

Carlos T. Angulo , Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Generic Pharmaceutical Association.

Charles B. Klein , Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, DC, for amici curiae Hospira, Inc., Celltrion Healthcare Co., Ltd., Celltrion, Inc. Also represented by Andrew C. Nichols ; Samuel S. Park , Chicago, IL; Peter E. Perkowski , Los Angeles, CA.

Opinion dissenting in part filed by Circuit Judge CHEN.


This appeal presents issues of first impression relating to the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 ("BPCIA"), Pub.L. No. 111-148, §§ 7001-7003, 124 Stat. 119, 804-21 (2010). Amgen Inc. and Amgen Manufacturing Ltd. (collectively, "Amgen") appeal from the decision of the United States District Court...

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