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August 26, 2007

Court Report

    By Sherri Oslick --

Gavel_18 About Court Report:  Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases, and a few interesting cases will be selected for periodic monitoring.

Medpointe Healthcare Inc. v. Cobalt Pharmaceuticals Inc.
1:07-cv-04769; filed August 23, 2007 in the Northern District of Illinois

Medpointe Healthcare Inc. v. Cobalt Pharmaceuticals Inc.
3:07-cv-04017; filed August 22, 2007 in the District Court of New Jersey

The complaints in these cases are substantially identical.  Infringement of U.S. Patent No. 5,164,194 ("Azelastine Containing Medicaments," issued November 17, 1992) following a paragraph IV certification as part of Cobalt's filing of an ANDA to manufacture a generic version of MedPointe's Astelin® (azelastine hydrochloride nasal spray solution, used to seasonal allergic rhinitis).  View the Illinois complaint here.

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