Legal Opinion
aaiPharma Inc. v. Thompson
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 5, 2002No. 01-2113PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge MICHAEL wrote the opinion, in which Judge JACKSON and Judge FRIEDMAN joined.
OPINION
MICHAEL, Circuit Judge.
The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) requires the manufacturer of a brand name drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to provide the FDA with a listing of all.patents that claim the approved drug or a method of using the drug. See 21 U.S.C. § 355(b)(1), (c)(2). The FDA publishes these listings in its Approved Drug Products With Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations," a publication commonly known as the Orange Book. The…
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