AAM Succeeds As California Court Temporarily Blocks Pay-For-Delay Law

Court ‘Cannot Reasonably Find’ That Bill Regulates California Commerce Alone

A judge in California has agreed to instate a temporary injunction against a state law designed to curb so-called ‘pay-for-delay’ deals, handing victory to generics and biosimilars industry association the AAM.

Arm Wrestle
The AAM has the edge over California for now • Source: Alamy

A much-debated California law that deems so-called ‘pay-for-delay’ settlement deals anticompetitive is likely unconstitutional, a US district court in The Golden State has ordered, as it agreed to block its enforcement for now by issuing a temporary injunction.

The decision is a victory for the US Association for Accessible Medicines, which has at the second time of asking obtained a preliminary bar from the court in Sacramento on

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