NOVARTIS PHARM. CORPORATION v. ACCORD HEALTHCARE

2021-1070.

21 F.4th 1362 (2022)

NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ACCORD HEALTHCARE, INC., Aurobindo Pharma Ltd., Aurobindo Pharma USA, Inc., Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Inc., Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Ltd., Emcure Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Heritage Pharmaceuticals Inc., Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited, Hetero USA, Inc., Hetero Labs Limited Unit-V, Hetero Labs Limited, Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Prinston Pharmaceutical Inc., Strides Global Pharma Private Limited, Strides Pharma, Inc., Torrent Pharma Inc., Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Zydus Pharmaceuticals (USA) Inc., Cadila Healthcare Ltd., Apotex Inc., Apotex Corp., Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd., Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc., Sun Pharma Global FZE, Defendants. HEC Pharm Co., Ltd., HEC Pharm USA Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided: January 3, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jane M. Love , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY, argued for plaintiff-appellee. Also represented by Paul E. Torchia , Robert Trenchard .

Paul Skiermont , Skiermont Derby LLP, Dallas, TX, argued for defendants-appellants. Also represented by Sarah Elizabeth Spires ; Mieke K. Malmberg , Los Angeles, CA.

Before Moore, Chief Judge, Linn and O'Malley, Circuit Judges.


HEC Pharm Co., Ltd. and HEC Pharm USA Inc. (collectively, "HEC") appeal from a district court bench trial in which the court found that a patent assigned to Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. ("Novartis"), U.S. Patent No. 9,187,405 ("the '405 patent"), is not invalid and that HEC's Abbreviated New Drug Application ("ANDA") infringes...

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