PTAB’s First Inter Partes Review Of Pharma Patents Is Against Generic Challenger

Last week the Patent Trial and Appeal Board found Supernus Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s three patents covering the drug Oracea® (doxycycline, USP 30 mg immediate release & 10 mg delayed release beads) valid in the first ever defense of pharmaceutical patents before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Amneal Pharmaceuticals, LLC v. Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., IPR2013-00368, -00371,…