Eagle Sues for Patent Damages From Rival Branded Cancer Drugs

Jan. 18, 2024, 8:58 PM UTC

Eagle Pharmaceuticals Inc. filed three new federal lawsuits seeking lost profits for its Belrapzo leukemia drug and alleging branded copies made by Apotex Inc., Slayback Pharma LLC, and Baxter Healthcare Corp. infringe two patents issued in the past month.

The complaints, docketed Thursday in the US District Court for the District of Delaware, were filed Wednesday—one day after the Federal Circuit upheld an October 2022 district court decision that found Slayback and Apotex’s drugs didn’t infringe a different Belrapzo patent. Eagle also seeks royalties and orders blocking sales of the targeted drugs until the patents have expired.

Eagle alleges that ...

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