PTAB Analyzes Section 112 Support in Declining to Institute IPR on Galderma’s Rosacea Patent
The PTAB recently rejected Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories’ IPR petitions for Galderma’s patent covering its Oracea® (doxycycline) product for the treatment of rosacea. Galderma’s patent, U.S. Patent No. 8,603,506 (“’506 patent”) is directed to the treatment of rosacea using low dosages of the tetracycline antibiotic doxycycline. Dr. Reddy’s filed three petitions for IPR against the ’506…