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How Can Firms Avoid Falling Into GSK-Teva ‘Skinny Label’ Trap?

Industry Must Tread Carefully, Suggests Troy Groetken Of McAndrews, Held & Malloy

 
• By Dave Wallace

In the wake of a controversial US decision on carving out patented indications from generics labels, Troy Groetken of law firm McAndrews, Held & Malloy tells Generics Bulletin about the key issues that firms with ‘skinny label’ generics should be aware of given the potential for induced-infringement attacks.

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Firms must take care to avoid the pitfalls of the GSK-Teva decision • Source: Alamy

When the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in August delivered its verdict in controversial litigation between GlaxoSmithKline and Teva over ‘skinny label’ generics and carve-outs of patented indications, the result was bad news for the generics industry.

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