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Drug Patent Cases Jumped 30 Percent in 2017

May 10, 2018

District court ANDA case filings last year increased by nearly 30 percent from 2016, according to an annual report from Lex Machina.

The Lexis/Nexis subsidiary’s report found that 417 such lawsuits were filed in 2017, but that number is still below the all-time high of 475 in 2015.

The most frequent defendants included Teva Pharmaceuticals and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries at 73 and 45 cases, respectively, Mylan at 46 cases and Apotex at 44 cases.

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