Legal Opinion

The MEDICINES CO. v. Kappos

District Court, E.D. Virginia

Decided March 16, 2010No. 4:10-mj-00081PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

CLAUDE M. HILTON, District Judge.

This is a civil action under the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. §§ 551— 706, seeking to set aside the denial of an application-pursuant to the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984, Pub. L. No. 98-417, 98 Stat. 1585 (commonly known as the “HatchWaxman Act”) — to extend the term of a pharmaceutical patent exclusively licensed to Plaintiff. This matter comes before the Court on the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment.

The Medicines Company (“MDCO”) is a pharmaceutical company that specializes in…

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  3. Federal Election Commission v. AkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
  4. United States v. Article of Drug . . . Bacto-UnidiskSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  5. Kenneth P. Prill v. National Labor Relations BoardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1985

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