UTC Bid to Delay $71 Million Award to Sandoz Shot Down by Judge

United Therapeutics Corp. failed to delay enforcement of a $70.6 million judgment awarded to Sandoz Inc. in an antitrust case over Remodulin, as a New Jersey federal judge expressed concerns about the company’s future financial certainty.

“UTC’s current economic success is by no means guaranteed to continue in the future, and without an appropriate protection being put forth, this Court sees no reason to diminish Sandoz’s future ability to collect the Judgment,” Judge Brian R. Martinotti wrote in an opinion issued Dec. 6 in the US District Court for the District of New Jersey. He denied UTC’s motion to stay ...