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Case summary: Procedural matters relating to an application for judicial review

  • Cheryl Cheung

This Order and Reasons dealt with a motion that was brought by Bayer in the context of a judicial review, which circumstances may be summarized as follows: On August 22, 2023, Bayer made a submission to the Office of Patented Medicines and Liaison (the “OPML”) to list Canadian Patent No. 2,970,315 (the “315 Patent”) on the Patent Register in respect of the product EYLEA®, but the eligibility decision was not made until August 30, 2023;

Case summary: No order for production of samples where they do not exist

  • Cheryl Cheung

This Order and Reasons dealt with a motion brought by the plaintiffs (Janssen Inc. and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, collectively, “Janssen”) for an order requiring the defendant (JAMP Pharma Corporation) to produce certain samples. The motion was brought in the context of an action brought by Janssen under the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations involving the medicinal ingredient canagliflozin.