US Court Shoots Down Norwich In ‘Unprecedented’ Xifaxan ‘Skinny Label’ Claim

Delaware Court ‘Hesitant To Be The First’ To Allow Relief Claim To Proceed

Coming down heavily on Norwich Pharmaceuticals, a US district court has denied the US-based generics firm’s bid for relief post-judgment in a case involving the “hotly disputed” issue of skinny label ANDA products.

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Norwich Pharmaceuticals has failed to get around an unfavorable US patent-infringement ruling over Bausch Health’s Xifaxan (rifaximin) by filing an amended ‘skinny label’ abbreviated new drug application with patent protected indications carved from the label.

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