Aged care service providers have been put on notice that they could face legal action for blocking whistleblowers from providing evidence to the aged care royal commission.
The Full Federal Court has expedited an appeal filed Christmas Eve by Sanofi-Aventis of a ruling that denied its bid to block Alphapharm from listing an insulin injector pen on the Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme.
Generic drug maker Sandoz is challenging a ruling that it infringed a patent behind Lundbeck’s blockbuster antidepressant Lexapro, reviving a 15-year fight over the lucrative intellectual property.
French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi has appealed a judge’s ruling denying its bid to block Alphapharm from listing an insulin injector pen on the Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme.
Johnson & Johnson unit Ethicon is seeking a class closure order in the pelvic mesh class action, as the company prepares to enter mediation.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has lost an appeal of a ruling that dismissed its case over allegedly inadequate disclosures by private health insurer Medibank relating to member benefits.
Generic drug giant Teva has filed a lawsuit seeking to have German pharmaceutical company Boehringer’s patent for an inhalation capsule, which is used to deliver the active drug in its blockbuster Spiriva asthma inhaler, declared invalid.
A judge has denied Sanofi’s bid to block Alphapharm from listing its insulin injector pen on the Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme, saying Sanofi has not established a strong enough case of infringement to justify granting the injunction.
A judge overseeing a class action against The Cosmetic Institute over allegedly botched breast implants has agreed to an opt out notice that will be sent to class members only through Facebook and Instagram.
The Commonwealth has urged the court to strike out the “inconsistent” pleadings of pharmaceutical firms Otsuka and Bristol-Myers Squibb in a patent case over the antipsychotic drug Abilify, calling them a “scandal” which could bring disrepute to the administration of justice.