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Calgary CFO convicted for misstating company revenue
The former chief financial officer for Calvary Health Care has been convicted and sentenced after pleading guilty to making false records that misstated the company's revenue by millions of dollars.
Court to issue speedy ruling on Sanofi’s second stab at injector pen injunction
The Full Federal Court will issue its judgment Friday in French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi's challenge to a judge's refusal to block Alphapharm from listing an insulin injector pen on the PBS, just two weeks after the court heard arguments in the appeal.
Sandoz ordered to pay Lundbeck over $26.3M for infringing Lexapro patent
Generic drug maker Sandoz must pay $26.34 million to Danish pharmacuetical giant Lundbeck and a subsidiary for infringing the Australian patent behind the blockbuster antidepressant Lexapro, a judge has found.
Neurim wins fight to amend patent for top-selling Circadin amid infringement case
Drug maker Neurim Pharmaceuticals has won a bid to amend its Australian patent for top selling sleeping pill Circadin over the protests of two generic pharmaceutical companies, whch argued Neurim had purposely delayed the application to gain an unfair advantage in its infringement suit.
Allergan snips Botox trade mark case against Self Care
Pharmaceutical giant Allergan has streamlined its trade mark case against Self Care Corporation, which makes products marketed as Botox alternatives.
Apotex, Cipla resolve claims over Dymista patent
Canadian generic manufacturer Apotex has agreed to drop its lawsuit against India's Cipla seeking to invalidate its Australian patent for popular nasal spray Dymista.
Slater & Gordon mulls class action over doctors’ ‘excessive’ work hours
Law firm Slater and Gordon is investigating a class action against hospitals for encouraging "excessive and unsafe" work hours by doctors, some of whom the firm found routinely work up to 100 hours per week.
Who reads law firm websites? Judge skeptical of online class action notice
A judge overseeing a class action against the NSW government over a contractor who sold injured workers' information to Bannister Law has questioned the effectiveness of placing ads for group members on law firm websites, saying she didn't think it would "draw the matter to anyone's attention".
Mylan appeals loss to Sun Pharma over cholesterol drug patent
Mylan has appealed a ruling invaliding claims of its cholesterol drug patent and dismissing its patent infringement case against Sun Pharma.
TPI agrees to stop selling high codeine poppy seed, for now
Poppy processor TPI Enterprises has agreed to stop selling seed from high codeine poppy plants while it defends a lawsuit by rival Tasmanian Alkaloids alleging TPI infringed two of its innovation patents for high codeine-concentrated poppy.