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by Zachary Silbersher

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Can Amicus Therapeutics stop entry of Aurobindo’s generic Galafold?

Amicus Therapeutics has been fighting off prospective generics for Galafold®.  Teva settled with Amicus in October 2024, but Aurobindo continued to fight.  The parties recently went to trial, and on November 5, they exchanged their first round of post-trial briefing.  The briefing suggests Amicus faces risk under Section 101 for at least two of its patents as well as prior art risk on all of them.  What do the briefs say?

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Federal Circuit clarifies patent-eligibility for diagnostic method patents: Endo v. Teva and Natural Alternatives v. Creative Compounds.

The Federal Circuit has recently issued two precedential decisions that clarify when method-of-use and diagnostic patents are directed to eligible subject matter rather than natural laws.  Some clear guidelines are solidifying that should make enforcement of these principally pharmaceutical-type patents easier to handicap.

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