AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP v. Food & Drug Administration

Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge SENTELLE.

SENTELLE, Senior Circuit Judge:

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, a manufacturer of pharmaceutical products, appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in an action praying a declaratory judgment that the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) could not approve generic versions of its Seroquel product and seeking to restrain the FDA from approving abbreviated new drug applications (“ANDAs”) for such competing products until the expiration of a period of exclusivity. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of…