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· 7/31/2001

Andrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Biovail Corp. International

Citations

  • 256 F.3d 799
  • 347 U.S. App. D.C. 178
  • 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 17072

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that the generic drug manufacturer could allege “its intent and preparedness to enter the market” even before the FDA approved its ANDA “by claiming that FDA approval was probable”
  • finding a competitor had antitrust standing because his “alleged injury [was] not measured by or derived from” the injury suffered by “consumer plaintiffs”
  • “Irrespective of consumer injury, an excluded competitor . . . suffers a distinct injury if it is prevented from selling its product.”
  • “Irrespective of consumer injury, an excluded competitor . . . suffers a distinct injury if it is prevented from selling its product.”
  • “In the pharmaceutical industry, FDA approval is a prerequisite to enter any drug market.”
  • ʺAndrxʹs original suit . . . to enjoin the FDA from approving Biovailʹs ANDA, suggests that Biovail (or so Andrx believed) may have intended and been sufficiently prepared to enter the market.ʺ

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Judges: Henderson, Randolph, Garland

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