Intention to File an ANDA may be Sufficient to Establish Standing for a PGR Appeal

Around the same time the Federal Circuit decided that a prospective ANDA customer lacked declaratory judgment standing in AIDS Healthcare, reported on here, it held that a prospective ANDA filer has standing to appeal a PTAB decision.  In Altaire Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Paragon Bioteck, Inc., No. 2017-1487 (Fed. Cir. May 2, 2018), a sharply-divided panel found…