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by Zachary Silbersher

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Why did Corcept’s piecemeal litigation tactics for Korlym finally backfire?

Corcept Therapeutics has been battling for years to halt Teva’s generic for Korlym®.  Although Corcept started off with only two patents, it has been adding patents to the Orange Book ever since Teva’s ANDA was filed.  By periodically litigating those patents in piecemeal fashion, Corcept has delayed generic Korlym®’s availability to consumers at lower-cost prices.  Yet, in a recent order, the court finally called out Corcept’s delay tactics and indicated it would award attorneys’ fees.  What happened?

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For Amgen’s PCSK9 patent case, is there any read-through from Court’s summary judgment order to the trial?

On January 18, the District Court in Delaware issued an opinion resolving multiple summary judgment motions filed by both parties.  The key takeaway from that decision is that the case is now teed-up for trial beginning on February 19. But the Court didi highlight some key issues likely to be the focus of the trial.

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Will MorphoSys’ Darzalex patent case against Janssen make it to trial, or be stopped at summary judgment?

The Darzalex® patent case commenced by MorphoSys against Janssen is headed towards trial.  Before that, however, the parties recently filed a series of summary judgment motions, and on December 3, 2018, the Court heard oral argument.  Will the Court moot the trial by granting Janssen’s motions to invalidate the patents?

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