Legal Opinion
Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. v. Merck & Co., Inc.
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided October 2, 1980No. Civ. 77-693PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BIUNNO, District Judge.
Merck & Co. (Merck) manufactures and markets a pharmaceutical medication, amitriptyline HCL, under the trade name ELA-VIL * . The, medication is described as a white or practically white crystalline powder freely soluble in water. Merck has marketed it since April, 1961.
Biocraft Laboratories, Inc., (Biocraft) a generic drug competitor, also markets amitriptyline HCL (though it does not manufacture the active ingredient as Merck does).
The medication is an antidepressant with an anxiety-reducing, sedative component to its action, although the mechanism by which it…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Sk&f, Co. v. Premo Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by6 opinions
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