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AstraZeneca has slammed Pharmacor's defence to claims it infringed a patent for blockbuster diabetes drug Forxiga as a "complete shot in the dark", as the drug maker unsuccessfully fought orders to produce documents from a UK case.
Trial in AstraZeneca's patent infringement case over Pharmacor's plans to launch a cheaper version of diabetes drug Forxiga has been delayed to October, after the generic drug maker got the all-clear to revise its cross-claim.
Pharmacor, which is facing infringement claims by AstraZeneca over its plans to launch a generic version of diabetes drug Forxiga, can tweak its cross-claim to challenge a patent term extension.
Pharmacor has accused AstraZeneca of launching a royal commission into emails with its lawyers as AstraZeneca opposes the generic drug maker's bid to amend its pleading in a patent case over diabetes drug Forxiga.
AstraZeneca can inspect Pharmacor's emails to verify its claim that the merits of its challenge to a patent extension for blockbuster diabetes drug Forxiga were not appreciated at an earlier time, with a judge finding Pharmacor had waived privilege.
AstraZeneca has won an interlocutory injunction barring Pharmacor from making a generic version of its blockbuster diabetes drug Forxiga while a patent case over the drug proceeds.
A judge has struck out an "incoherent" COVID-19 vaccine-related class action, saying someone could go "mad" trying to understand the pleadings in the case.
As it fends off a suit by AstraZeneca seeking to block the sale of a cheaper version of Brilinta, generics maker Pharmacor claims a patent for the heart attack drug should not have been extended.