Legal Opinion

Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi, Aventisub LLC

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided October 5, 2017No. 2017-1480PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PROST, Chief Judge.

Appellants Sanofi, Aventisub LLC, Re-generan Pharmaceuticals Inc., and Sanofi-Aventis U.S., LLC (collectively, “Appellants”) appeal from a final judgment of the district court holding U.S. Patent Nos. 8,829,165 (“’165 patent”) and 8,859,741 (“’741 patent”) not invalid and granting a permanent injunction enjoining sales of Appellants’ Praluent® alirocumab (“Pra-luent”). 1 In particular, Appellants argue that the district court improperly excluded evidence regarding written description and enablement, improperly instructed the jury on written description, improperly denied…

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