U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 2025

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation v. Nanjing Noratech Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation v. Nanjing Noratech Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · Decided March 11, 2025

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation v. Nanjing Noratech Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Opinion

Case: 23-2317 Document: 25 Page: 1 Filed: 03/11/2025

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ IN RE: ENTRESTO (SACUBITRIL/VALSARTAN) ------------------------------------------------- NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant v. NANJING NORATECH PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD., Defendant-Appellee ______________________ 2023-2317, 2023-2319 ______________________ Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware in Nos. 1:20-md-02930-RGA and 1:23- cv-00401-RGA, Judge Richard G. Andrews. ______________________ ON MOTION ______________________ Before LOURIE, TARANTO, and STOLL, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

ORDER Case: 23-2317 Document: 25 Page: 2 Filed: 03/11/2025

2 IN RE: ENTRESTO (SACUBITRIL/VALSARTAN)

Upon consideration of appellant’s motion to stay the fi- nal judgment pending appeal, appellee’s motion to dismiss, the parties’ joint statement that if the invalidity judgment in Appeal No. 2023-2218 “is not affirmed,” “the judgment in this case should be vacated and the case remanded for further proceedings,” ECF No. 9 at 3, and this court’s re- cent decisions and orders in Appeal No. 2023-2218 revers- ing the relevant aspect of the judgment and enjoining the defendants in that case from launching their generic drug until issuance of mandate in that appeal, IT IS ORDERED THAT: (1) The district court’s judgment is vacated and the cases remanded to the district court for further proceed- ings. (2) The district court’s judgment is stayed until issu- ance of mandate in Appeal Nos. 2023-2317, 2023-2319. (3) Any pending motion otherwise is denied. (4) Each party shall bear its own costs.

FOR THE COURT

March 11, 2025 Date

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