Pronova BioPharma Norge AS v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.

MEMORANDUM ORDER

MARY PAT THYNGE, United States Magistrate Judge.

I. BACKGROUND

In this patent infringement case, defendants Apotex Inc. and Apotex Corp. (“Apo tex”), Par Pharmaceutical, Inc. and Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc. (“Par”), and Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. (“Teva”) move for issuance of Letters of Request for international judicial assistance pursuant to the Hague Evidence Convention. Plaintiff Pronova BioPharma Norge AS (“Pronova”) claims that defendants’ Abbreviated New Drug Applications (“ANDA”) for a generic version of GlaxoSmithKline’s LOVAZA® pharmaceutical product…