ANDA Case Filings Drop 32%, But Still High Compared To Last Decade
Executive Summary
Lex Machina reports that 316 ANDA cases were filed in 2016 compared to 468 in 2015; number of inter partes review petitions filed on Orange Book patents has declined since 2015.
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