JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. v. MYLAN LABORATORIES LIMITED

CourtDistrict Court, D. New Jersey
DecidedMay 23, 2023
Docket2:20-cv-13103
StatusUnknown

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JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. v. MYLAN LABORATORIES LIMITED, (D.N.J. 2023).

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY

JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., et al.,

Plaintiffs, No. 20cv13103 (EP) (LDW)

v. OPINION

MYLAN LABORATORIES LTD.,

Defendant.

Padin, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................. 3 II. BACKGROUND .................................................................................................................... 5 A. The Hatch-Waxman Act/ANDAs ...................................................................................... 5 B. Parties, jurisdiction, and standing ...................................................................................... 6 C. Background for the invention ............................................................................................ 7 1. Schizophrenia and antipsychotic medications ............................................................. 7 2. Medication nonadherence ............................................................................................ 8 3. Pharmacokinetics, Population Pharmacokinetics, and depot formulations ................. 9 D. Trinza ............................................................................................................................... 10 E. The patent at issue: the 693 Patent ................................................................................... 11 1. Prosecution History .................................................................................................... 11 2. The Patent Specification ............................................................................................ 12 F. The Asserted Claims ......................................................................................................... 13 G. Mylan’s Proposed Labels ................................................................................................. 15 III. ANALYSIS ........................................................................................................................... 16 A. INFRINGEMENT: Janssen established that Mylan’s Proposed Labels will induce HCPs to infringe upon the Asserted Claims ................................................................ 16 1. Mylan’s Proposed Labels essentially duplicate Janssen’s and recite each limitation of the Asserted Claims ........................................................................ 17 a. Claim 5 ........................................................................................................... 18 b. Claims 6 and 7 ............................................................................................... 21 c. Claim 10 ......................................................................................................... 21 d. Claims 11 and 14 ........................................................................................... 21 2. Mylan’s divided infringement defense ............................................................... 22 a. Mylan’s divided infringement defense fails because it was untimely ........... 24 b. Even if the divided infringement defense had been timely, the Court agrees with Janssen that a single entity (a healthcare provider) performs the claimed reinitiation dosing regimen’s three steps □□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□ DO 3. Mylan specifically intended to induce infringement .......0.00.... □□ cece eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee □□ a. The explicit instructions in Mylan’s Proposed Labels establish specific intent ...30 4. Allegedly noninfringing uses do not defeat infringement □□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□ SD B. OBVIOUSNESS: Mylan failed to prove through clear and convincing evidence that the asserted claims of the 693 Patent would have been obvious to a persona of ordinary skill in the art (“POSA”) □□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□ OO 1. The PP3M prior art was likely considered by the PTO Examimner.............................37 2. Mylan failed to prove that every element of the Asserted Claims was known in the PUVOU AVt □□□ cece cece cece cece □□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□ 38 a. The Sustenna label... 2.0. ..0.eccece cece □□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□ 42 b. 4-5 Half-Life extrapolation theory □□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□ 43 c. Dr. Forrest’s JAMA “natural jump” theory «2.2.0.2... □□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□ este eeteeeeee 46 1. Dr. Forrest selectively utilized just a few parameters influencing PK ..........49 ii. Dr. Forrest’s model ignored PP1M’s complex absorption ............................50 i. Dr. Forrest extrapolates PP3M’s absorption rate (Ka) from PPIM...............51 iv. Dr. Forrest’s “validation” 2.2... □□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□ D2 3. Mylan failed to prove motivation to combine prior art to arrive at the Asserted Claims with a reasonable expectation Of SUCCESS □□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□ D4 a. Mylan did not prove any motivation to treat the 4-9 month missed dose patient population with a reasonable expectation of □□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□ 4 b. Mylan did not prove any motivation to use, or a reasonable expectation of success in combining the elements of the prior art 2.000.000... □□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□ D4 c. Mylan did not prove any motivation to use, or a reasonable expectation of success in using, PP1M to reinitiate PP3M oo... □□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□ OD 4. Objective indicia of the Asserted Claims’ nonobviousness □□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□ 38 a. The Asserted Claims’ dosing regimens helped Trinza fulfill the long-felt but unmet need for a longer, second-generation LAL □□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□ DD b. The Asserted Claims’ dosing regimens have contributed to Trinza’s commercial SUCCESS... 2... □□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□ OL 1. Trimza is a commercial □□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□ 62 ii. There is a nexus between the Asserted Claims and Trinza’s success............63 c.Skepticism of the Asserted Claims’ efficacy □□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□ OS C. INVALIDITY: Mylan failed to establish that the Asserted Claims are invalid.......66 1. The Asserted Claims are □□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□ □□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□ 06 a. The specification provides enough information to practice the Asserted Claims 67 b. “PP1IM” and “PP3M” are not unduly broad □□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□ 68 c. The Wands factors support enablement ......000.000 cece □□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□ D1 2. The Asserted Claims do not lack written description □□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□ □□

INTRODUCTION This is a Hatch-Waxman Act case. Plaintiffs Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“JPI’), Janssen Pharmaceutica NV (“JPN”), and Janssen Research & Development, LLC (“JRD”), collectively “Janssen,” manufacture Invega Trinza (“Trinza’”’), an FDA-approved, three-month long-acting injectable paliperidone palmitate (PP3M)! for treating schizophrenia and similar conditions. Defendant Mylan Laboratories Limited (“Mylan”) seeks to use the Abbreviated New Drug Application (“ANDA”) process to market a generic version of Trinza. Mylan’s generic and its label are substantively identical to Trinza and Trinza’s label. But this case is not about the Trinza patent, which has expired.

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