By: John Desmond
John Desmond of Dickinson Wright has recently been retained to represent Teva Pharmaceuticals, USA, Inc. in a patent infringement lawsuit filed against it by biopharmaceutical company Amarin in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. In the lawsuit, Amarin is seeking to enjoin Teva from marketing generic versions of Vascepa before the last to expire of the asserted patents in 2030. The case is in the early stages and has been consolidated for pretrial proceedings with two other similar cases filed by Amarin in the District of Nevada. Dickinson Wright is co-counsel for Teva along with the Washington D.C. office of Sterne Kessler.
John Desmond is a Member in our Reno office. He may be contacted at 775-343-7505.