Validity affirmed for patents related to salt formation
A 3-judge panel of the Federal Circuit (Federal Circuit Judges Timothy Dyk, Kathleen O’Malley and Evan Wallach) affirmed an appeal of a Southern District of Florida decision from Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The per curiam order affirmed a 2011 decision that found valid Valeant’s four patents covering a particular salt formation of the antidepressant bupropion. No. 10-20526,…