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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`APOTEX CORP.
`APOTEX, INC.
`Petitioner
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`ALLERGAN, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,642,556
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`Case To be assigned
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`Declaration of Harry C. Boghigian
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`TABLE OF CONTENTS
`Introduction ...................................................................................................... 2
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`Summary of opinions ....................................................................................... 3
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`III. My Background and Qualifications ................................................................. 4
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`IV. Documents Reviewed .................................................................................... 10
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`V. My understanding of commercial success ..................................................... 15
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`VI. Background .................................................................................................... 16
`VII. RESTASIS®'s performance does not provide evidence of commercial
`success for the claims of the '556 patent ....................................................... 20
`RESTASIS®'s sales are driven by commercial factors rather than
`novel features of the '556 patent's claims ............................................ 21
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`Allergan's market analysis is faulty ..................................................... 26
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`Allergan's analysis of sales performance improperly focuses on
`net revenue .......................................................................................... 26
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`Allergan's unduly narrow definition of the U.S. market results
`in a significantly overstated share of the market ................................. 27
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`Allergan overlooks a blocking patent ................................................. 32
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`Allergan's analysis fails to establish a nexus between U.S. sales
`and any alleged novel aspect of the '556 patent's claims .................... 34
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`I, Harry C. Boghigian, hereby declare as follows.
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`I.
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`Introduction
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`I am over the age of eighteen and competent to make this declaration.
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`2.
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`I have been retained as an expert witness on behalf of APOTEX CORP.
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`and APOTEX, INC. for the above-captioned inter partes review (IPR). I am being
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`compensated for my time in connection with this IPR at my standard consulting
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`rate, which is $695 per hour. No part of my compensation is affected by the
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`outcome of this matter or the nature of my opinions in this declaration. I
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`understand that the petition for inter partes review involves U.S. Patent No.
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`8,642,556 ("the '556 patent"), Exhibit APO1001, which resulted from U.S.
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`Application No. 13/967,189 ("the '189 application"), filed on August 14, 2013,
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`naming Andrew Acheampong, Diane D. Tang-Liu, James N. Chang, and David F.
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`Power as inventors. The '556 patent issued on February 4, 2014, from the '189
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`application. The '556 patent claims the benefit of a provisional application that was
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`filed September 15, 2003. I further understand that, according to the USPTO
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`records, the '556 patent is currently assigned to Allergan, Inc.
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`3.
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`I understand that the '556 patent is directed generally to the field of
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`ophthalmic drug delivery and formulation, and more specifically to methods and
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`compositions for treating an eye of a human or animal having dry eye disease.
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`APO1001, 1, Abstract. I understand that the claims of the '556 patent are generally
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`directed to topical ophthalmic emulsions comprising cyclosporin A, polysorbate
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`80, acrylate/C10-30 alkyl acrylate cross-polymer, water, and castor oil. APO1001,
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`11:15:65 to 11:16:10. I understand that the claims of the '556 patent recite a topical
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`ophthalmic emulsion comprising 0.05% by weight cyclosporin A and 1.25% by
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`weight castor oil. Id. I understand that the claims of the '556 patent recite topical
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`ophthalmic emulsions that are therapeutically effective for treating dry eye disease.
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`Id.
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`Summary of opinions
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`I have been asked to assess whether there is any commercial success
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`attributable to the '556 patent. My declaration focuses on the alleged commercial
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`success of RESTASIS®, which I understand Allergan has asserted is a commercial
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`embodiment of claims of the '556 patent. APO1019, 2620:¶2.
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`5.
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`Briefly, for at least the reasons set forth below, it is my opinion that
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`the marketplace performance of RESTASIS® does not evince commercial success of
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`the '556 patent's claims:
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` RESTASIS®'s world-wide sales revenue, of which its U.S. sales revenue
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`makes up the majority, does not establish commercial success for the '556
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`patent's claims because it is driven by extrinsic, commercial factors that are
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`unrelated to the '556 patent, such as Allergan's established position in the
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`market, its effective marketing of RESTASIS®, and the growing market for
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`treating dry eye/KCS.
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` Allergan's analysis of RESTASIS®'s sales performance is misleading. Allergan
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`provides evidence of net revenue rather than unit and prescription sales, and
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`it does not attempt to establish market share for global sales. Its analysis of
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`RESTASIS®'s U.S. market share is overstated because Allergan's definition of
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`the relevant market is unduly narrow. Allergan stated: "As there is no other
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`FDA-approved therapeutic treatment for dry eye available on the US market,
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`Restasis® owns 100% of the market share." And even if Allergan's
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`definition of the market was not flawed, a blocking patent prevented
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`meaningful competition. Further, Allergan's analysis ignores the existence of
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`four unexpired U.S. patents that also encompass RESTASIS®. Allergan also
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`failed to establish a nexus with any alleged novel features of the '556 patent's
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`claims that account for RESTASIS®'s sales.
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`III. My Background and Qualifications
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`In formulating my opinions, I have relied upon my training,
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`knowledge, and experience in the area of product commercialization and market
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`analysis as it relates to intellectual property matters.
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`7.
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`I am a pharmaceutical executive with more than 40 years' experience
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`in the commercialization and marketing of prescription pharmaceutical products.
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`In 2001, I founded Pharma Consultants LLC, a New Jersey-based consulting firm
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`serving start-up, small- to medium-size healthcare companies, and advertising
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`agencies, in all areas of pharmaceutical sales and marketing. Companies I have
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`consulted for include entrepreneurs, small-medium size companies and start-ups
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`like EyeGene Bioscience USA, CJ Pharma, CSP Technologies Inc., Dendrite
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`International, and Morphonics LLC. In 2003, I co-founded PBN PHARMA LLC, a
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`Chicago-based research and development healthcare company, which owns
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`numerous patents in several therapeutic areas and is currently focused on the
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`development, licensing and commercialization of prescription and over-the-counter
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`products for skin care, pain management, and wound care. I do business
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`development, licensing, and strategy for PBN PHARMA LLC. I am currently
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`President of both Pharma Consultants LLC and PBN PHARMA LLC.
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`8.
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`I earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration
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`from the University of New Hampshire Whittemore School of Business in 1971
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`and have attended eight executive business programs and advanced educational
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`seminars at leading European and U.S. business and medical schools: INSEAD
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`Institute of Business Administration in Fontainebleau Cedex, France (1998), IMD
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`Business School in Lausanne, Switzerland (1995), Harvard Medical School (1997),
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`Baylor College of Medicine (1987), and University of Rochester Medical School
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`(1985). The advanced seminars include: Pharmacology and Pharmacodynamics of
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`CNS Acting Drugs, and Pharmaceutical Marketing.
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`9. My career in the pharmaceutical industry began in 1971 at Hoffmann-
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`La Roche, one of the top ten global pharmaceutical research and development
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`companies, which I joined as a sales representative. During my 30-year career at
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`Hoffmann-La Roche, I held numerous positions of increasing responsibility, both
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`in the U.S. and internationally, involving business development, market research,
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`marketing, brand management, sales, sales management, strategic planning,
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`portfolio management and product commercialization. Through 1989, these
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`positions included Manager of Market Research, Regional Sales Director, and
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`Product Director with responsibility for marketed and developmental products in
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`the therapeutic areas of gastroenterology, cardiology, infectious disease and CNS.
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`10.
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`In 1989, I was named the Group Director & Global Business
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`Representative of Hoffmann-La Roche, Switzerland. In this capacity, I coordinated
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`the marketing for both new product introductions and already on-market products,
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`including the metabolic therapeutic area and the therapeutic areas in ¶9 above, in
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`the U.S., France, Germany, Italy, the UK and Japan.
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`11.
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`In 1991, I served as the Senior Vice President & General Manager of
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`Roche Pharmaceuticals, Canada, which I restructured and grew three-fold. As part
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`of this endeavor, I launched three new products and increased sales of currently-
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`marketed products.
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`12.
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`I was requested in 1993 to return to the U.S. headquarters and asked
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`to work with the President of the U.S. operations and two other executives to
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`create twenty business units and decentralize the U.S. pharmaceutical operations.
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`Successfully decentralizing those operations, I was asked in 1996 to head-up all of
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`U.S. marketing and serve on the U.S. Operating Committee for the U.S. Division.
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`Assuming that role, I served as the Vice President of U.S. Marketing until 1999
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`and was responsible for a $2.3 billion portfolio of products and a product
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`marketing budget in excess of $343 million. During this time, I led a team of
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`marketing professionals that increased revenue 20% annually. From 1999 until
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`June of 2001, I served as Vice President of Business Operations and was
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`responsible for the day-to-day operation and long-term growth of the company, as
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`well as product licensing and development.
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`13. While at Hoffmann-La Roche,
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`I was
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`responsible
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`for
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`the
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`commercialization, sales and marketing of more than 40 drug products. One of
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`those products was ZANTAC®, which became one of the world’s most widely-
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`prescribed products for the treatment of ulcers and reflux. This represented the first
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`co-promotion in the history of the pharmaceutical industry and was seen as an
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`innovation in the marketing and promotion of pharmaceutical products (discussed
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`further in paragraph 15, below).
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`14.
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` The products I commercialized and marketed fall within numerous
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`therapeutic areas such as CNS, muscle relaxants, sedative hypnotic, antianxiety,
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`antidepressants, HIV, antibiotics (oral and injectable), Hepatitis C, antimalarial,
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`gastroenterology,
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`cardiovascular
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`neurology,
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`immunosuppressants,
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`anti-
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`inflammatory, antipsychotic, dermatology, antihypertensive, oncology, anesthesia,
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`intranasal steroids, and vitamins. I also sold one of the first of a new class of drugs
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`for the treatment of bacterial infections of the eye. GANTRISIN® (sulfisoxazole) was
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`found to be an improvement over many of the sulfonamides. As a result,
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`GANTRISIN® Ophthalmic was created for bacterial infections of the eyes as well as
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`a suspension for the treatment of infections in children. GANTRISIN®, GANTRISIN®
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`Ophthalmic, GANTRISIN® Pediatric Suspension and AZO–GANTRISIN® have been
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`prescribed by physicians for decades. To the best of my knowledge GANTRISIN®
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`Ophthalmic was the first ophthalmic preparation of a sulfonamide and was sold for
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`decades in the U.S.
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`15.
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` Because of my experience in commercialization, sales and marketing,
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`I have expertise in the methods used to expand and maximize market share and
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`sales revenue of brand pharmaceutical products. For example, I established the first
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`direct-to-consumer program at Hoffmann-La Roche and directed revitalization of
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`the first and most successful co-promotion arrangement in the pharmaceutical
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`industry: the Roche/Glaxo co-promotion of ZANTAC® and CEFTIN®. Due to this
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`expertise, most of the 40 products I marketed became number one sellers in their
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`respective classes.
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`16. Starting in 2003, I have been retained and deposed as an expert on the
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`subject of commercial success in 44 U.S. patent-related litigations, 26 of which
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`settled out of court. I have been qualified as an expert witness and testified during
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`trial in U.S. federal courts on the subject of commercial success in 18 of these
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`litigations. These 44 cases involved patents directed to pharmaceutical products
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`such as intranasal steroids, gastrointestinal drugs, anxiety and depression
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`treatments, narcolepsy, antipsychotics, neurological drugs, Alzheimer's treatment,
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`urinary incontinence, antibiotics, anti-arthritics, and ophthalmic formulations. A
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`list of cases from the last four years is attached as an appendix to my resume
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`(APO1011).
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`17.
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`In the course of my work in the pharmaceutical industry and in
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`providing consulting and expert services, I have frequently analyzed market
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`information, including gross and net revenue, unit sales, new and total
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`prescriptions, persistency data, market share, marketing, promotion, direct-to-
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`consumer advertising expenses and diagnosis data that provides insight in
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`physician prescribing habits. In these roles, I regularly rely upon, analyze, and
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`review data for the pharmaceutical industry, including from IMS Health Services,
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`Inc., Wolters Kluwer, Nielsen, U.S. Security and Exchange Commission filings,
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`and company annual reports, as well as information published by the U.S. Food
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`and Drug Administration (e.g., approved drug listings in the Approved Drug
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`Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations, or Orange Book, and product
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`monographs and approved labels for over-the-counter and prescription drugs),
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`National Institutes of Health, and other national and state health regulatory
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`agencies. In addition, I regularly review pharmaceutical publications and trade
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`journals,
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`such as Medical Letter, DTC Perspectives, Fierce Biotech,
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`Pharmaceutical Executive, Medical Marketing and Media, Pharma Voice, and
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`others industry related publications. These sources are reliable authorities and are
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`generally relied on by experts in my field.
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`18.
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`I have marketed, consulted, or testified as an expert on five
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`ophthalmic
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`products,
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`including LUMIGAN®
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`(bimatoprost),
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`PATADAY®
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`(olopatadine), and TRAVATAN-Z® (travoprost). A copy of my current curriculum
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`vitae is provided as APO1011. It provides a comprehensive description of my
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`academic and employment history, including the litigations in which I have
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`testified as an expert on commercial success for the last four years (see APO1011,
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`6-1 (Appendix)).
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`IV. Documents Reviewed
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`19.
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`In formulating my opinion, I have considered all of the documents
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`cited herein, including the following documents:
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`Document
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`Apotex
`Exhibit
`No.
`1001 US Patent No. 8,642,556 to Acheampong et al. (issued February 4, 2014)
`1003 US Patent No. 5,474,979
`1005 Declaration of Erning Xia, Ph.D.
`Ophthalmic Drug Products for Over-the-Counter Human Use; Final
`Monograph, Federal Register 53 (43):7076-93 (1988), downloaded from
`http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DevelopmentApprovalProcess/DevelopmentRe
`sources/Over-the-
`CounterOTCDrugs/StatusofOTCRulemakings/ucm071941.htm, last
`accessed March 24, 2014
`File History of U.S. Patent No. 8,642,556
`Murphy, R., "The Once and Future Treatment of Dry Eye," Review of
`Optometry (January 2000), available from
`http://legacy.revoptom.com/archive/FEATURES/ro0200f6.htm, last
`accessed October 21, 2014
`10252 Allergan Dry Eye Product Portfolio Fact Sheet, downloaded from
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`1 Exhibit APO1020 is a true and correct copy of a document titled "The Once and
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`1012
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`1019
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`10201
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`Future
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`Treatment
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`Eye," which
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`I
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`downloaded
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`from
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`http://legacy.revoptom.com/archive/FEATURES/ro0200f6.htm.
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`2 Exhibit APO1025 is a true and correct copy of a document titled "Allergan Dry
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`Eye Product Portfolio Fact Sheet," which I downloaded from Allergan's website
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`http://www.allergan.com/assets/pdf/dry_eye_product_portfolio_fact_sheet.pdf.
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`1034
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`http://www.allergan.com/assets/pdf/dry_eye_product_portfolio_fact_sheet
`.pdf, last accessed January 26, 2015
`1026 Certain Steroid Preparations for Ophthalmic and/or Otic Use, Federal
`Register 41 (158):34340-42 (1976)
`Albietz, J.M., "Dry eye: an update on clinical diagnosis,
`management and promising new treatments," Clin. & Exp. Optometry
`84:4-18 (2001)
`Certain Ophthalmic Combination Drugs Containing a Steroid and Anti-
`Infectives for Human Use; Drug Efficacy Study Implementation;
`Amendment, Federal Register 47 (96):21296-21301 (1982)
`Lemp, M.A., "Report of the National Eye Institute/Industry Workshop on
`1036
`Clinical Trials in Dry Eyes," CLAO 21(4):221-232 (1995)
`1037 Gilbard, J.P., "Dry Eye, Blepharitis, and Chronic Eye Irritation: Divide
`and Conquer," J. Ophthalmic Nurs. Technol. 18(3):109-115 (1999)
`1038 Napper, G. et al., "Ocular therapeutics," Clin. & Exp. Optometry 86:414-
`415 (2003)
`RESTASIS® Approved Label, downloaded from the Allergan website
`https://www.restasisprofessional.com/RestasisProfessional/FullPrescribin
`gInformation, last accessed January 28, 2015
`American Academy of Ophthalmology Cornea/External Disease Panel.
`Preferred Practice Pattern® Guidelines. Dry Eye Syndrome. San
`Francisco, CA: American Academy of Ophthalmology; 2013. Available
`at: www.aao.org/ppp, downloaded from http://one.aao.org/preferred-
`practice-pattern/dry-eye-syndrome-ppp--2013, last accessed December
`31, 2014
`1045 De Paiva, C.S. and Pflugfelder, S.C., "Rationale for anti-inflammatory
`therapy in dry eye syndrome," Arq. Bras. Oftalmol. 71(6 Supl):89-95
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`1043
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`10443
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`3 Exhibit APO1044 is a true and correct copy of a document titled as shown in the
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`table, which I downloaded from the American Academy of Ophthalmology's
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`website http://one.aao.org/preferred-practice-pattern/dry-eye-syndrome-ppp--2013.
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`1047
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`10484
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`1049
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`1050
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`(2008)
`1046 Autry, J.C., "Mix It Up: When to Call a Compounding Pharmacist,"
`Review of Optometry 149(7):30-37 (July 15, 2012)
`Mann, E., "Drugs used in the treatment of dry eye syndrome, anti-
`inflammatory drugs and topical anti-allergy drugs," Continuing Education
`& Training, Nov. 30, 2007, pp. 30-40
`Allergan, Inc. 2001 Annual Report, downloaded from
`http://agn.client.shareholder.com/financials.cfm, last accessed January 1,
`2015
`Allergan, Inc. 2003 Annual Report, downloaded from
`http://agn.client.shareholder.com/financials.cfm, last accessed January 1,
`2015
`Allergan, Inc. 2004 Annual Report, downloaded from
`http://agn.client.shareholder.com/financials.cfm, last accessed January 1,
`2015
`Allergan, Inc. 2005 Annual Report, downloaded from
`http://agn.client.shareholder.com/financials.cfm, last accessed January 1,
`2015
`Allergan, Inc. 2006 Annual Report, downloaded from
`http://agn.client.shareholder.com/financials.cfm, last accessed January 1,
`2015
`Allergan, Inc. 2009 Annual Report, downloaded from
`http://agn.client.shareholder.com/financials.cfm, last accessed January 1,
`2015
`Allergan, Inc. 2010 Annual Report, downloaded from
`http://agn.client.shareholder.com/financials.cfm, last accessed January 1,
`2015
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`1051
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`1052
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`1053
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`1054
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`4 Exhibits APO1048 to APO1057 are true and correct copies of documents titled as
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`shown
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`in
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`the
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`table, which
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`I downloaded
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`from Allergan's website
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`http://agn.client.shareholder.com/financials.cfm.
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`1055
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`1056
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`1057
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`1058
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`Allergan, Inc. 2011 Annual Report, downloaded from
`http://agn.client.shareholder.com/financials.cfm, last accessed January 1,
`2015
`Allergan, Inc. 2012 Annual Report, downloaded from
`http://agn.client.shareholder.com/financials.cfm, last accessed January 1,
`2015
`Allergan, Inc. 2013 Annual Report, downloaded from
`http://agn.client.shareholder.com/financials.cfm, last accessed January 1,
`2015
`Orange Book: Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence
`Evaluations, patent and exclusivity data for RESTASIS®, downloaded from
`FDA website
`http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/ob/docs/patexclnew.cfm?Appl
`_No=050790&Product_No=001&table1=OB_Rx, last accessed January
`12, 2015
`Systane Lubricant Eye Drops information at Systane.com, Systane
`Products, Systane Balance Lubricant Eye Drops, downloaded from Alcon
`website http://www.systane.com/Systane-Balance-Lubricant-Eye-
`Drops.aspx, last visited April 21, 2015
`Learn more about Systane Gel Drops at Systane.com, Systane Products,,
`Systane Gel Drops, downloaded from Alcon website
`http://www.systane.com/Gel-Drops.aspx, last visited April 21, 2015
`Systane® Lubricant Eye Gel, Systane Products, Systane Lubricant Eye
`Gel, downloaded from Alcon website http://www.systane.com/Systane-
`Lubricant-Eye-Gel.aspx, last visited April 21, 2015
`Dry Eye Drop Symptom relief product information at Systane.com,
`Systane Products, Systane Ultra Lubricant Eye Drops, downloaded from
`Alcon website http://www.systane.com/Dry-Eye-Drop.aspx, last visited
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`5 Exhibits APO1060 to APO1063 are true and correct copies of documents titled as
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`10605
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`1061
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`1062
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`1063
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`shown in the table, which I downloaded from the respective Alcon websites
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`indicated in the table.
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`1066
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`1067
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`Inter Partes Review of USPN 8,642,556
`Declaration of Harry C. Boghigian (Exhibit 1010)
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`April 21, 2015
`LACRISERT® (hydroxypropyl cellulose ophthalmic insert) Approved Label,
`downloaded from the FDA website
`http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2008/018771s017lb
`l.pdf, last accessed April 14, 2015
`Bausch and Lomb "Dry Eye Products," downloaded from Bausch and
`Lomb website http://www.bausch.com/our-products/dry-eye-
`products/dry-eye-products, last accessed April 14, 2015
`Drugs@FDA: FDA Approved Drug Products, LACRISERT®, downloaded
`from the FDA website
`http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/drugsatfda/index.cfm?fuseacti
`on=Search.DrugDetails, last accessed April 16, 2015
`Drugs@FDA: FDA Approved Drug Products, RESTASIS®, downloaded
`from the FDA website
`http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/ob/docs/temptn.cfm, last
`accessed April 14, 2015
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`V. My understanding of commercial success
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`It is my understanding that an analysis of commercial success is
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`premised on the concept that if a product is economically successful, it may
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`provide objective evidence of nonobviousness. I understand that objective
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`evidence of nonobviousness is also known as a secondary consideration.
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`6 Exhibits APO1065 is a true and correct copy of a document titled "Dry Eye
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`Products," which
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`I downloaded
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`from Bausch
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`and Lomb's website
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`http://www.bausch.com/our-products/dry-eye-products/dry-eye-products.
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`I understand that, to establish commercial success of a product, one
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`must show evidence of significant market share in the relevant market, based on
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`unit sales or prescription volume. I understand that the relevant market for a
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`pharmaceutical product is defined by its therapeutic uses.
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`22.
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`I further understand that the commercial success of the product must
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`be attributable to the purported novel features of the claims at issue. I understand
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`this to mean that, to support a finding of nonobviousness, the alleged sales success
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`must be attributable to the purported novel features of the claims, and not by other,
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`unrelated factors. Such other unrelated factors may include economic and
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`commercial factors unrelated to the claims. For example, a company's dominant
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`market position, its extensive advertising for the product, and an increase in overall
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`market size weigh against a finding of commercial success. I also understand that
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`the existence of a blocking patent also weighs against a finding of commercial
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`success. In other words, there must be a causal correlation, or "nexus," between the
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`unique characteristics of the claimed invention and the success of the product.
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`Finally, I understand that the existence of additional patents encompassing the
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`commercial product negates any presumption that the sales data has a nexus with
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`the claims of the patent at issue.
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`VI. Background
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`I understand that Allergan has asserted that RESTASIS® is a
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`commercial embodiment of claims of the '556 patent. During prosecution of the
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`'556 patent, Allergan's Vice President for Marketing Aziz Mottiwala stated "the
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`pending claims cover the specific formulation of RESTASIS® that has been sold
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`since 2003." APO1019, 2620:¶2, see also 2564:¶1.7 It is my understanding from
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`this and other statements by Allergan that RESTASIS® launched in 2003. APO1019,
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`2620:¶2, see also, e.g., 2564:¶1. I also understand from the '556 patent's file history
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`that Allergan asserted that RESTASIS® showed sales success (in net sales revenue)
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`during the period of quarter 1, 2003 to quarter 2, 2013. APO1019, 2620:¶¶2-5,
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`2626.
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`24.
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` I also understand from the RESTASIS® label, a fact sheet concerning
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`Allergan dry eye treatments (on Allergan's website), and Allergan's annual reports
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`that Allergan promotes RESTASIS® for "increas[ing] tear production in patients
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`whose tear production is presumed to be suppressed due to ocular inflammation
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`associated with keratoconjunctivitis sicca" and for treating dry eye. APO1043, 1:1
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`(under Indications and Usage); APO1025, 1 (title), 3 (under RESTASIS® …); see
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`7 Page numbering for all documents starts at 1 according to the numbers
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`added at the bottom right, and may include column and paragraph numbers.
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`Paragraph numbering includes partial paragraphs.
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`also, e.g., APO1049, 38:2:¶3; APO1052, 14:2 (under Dry Eye); APO1057, 9:¶2.
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`Allergan also purports, in its promotional material and annual reports, that
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`RESTASIS® is effective in treating dry eye because it inhibits inflammation:
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`"RESTASIS® is the only therapeutic option … for people with dry eye disease that
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`goes beyond providing temporary relief for the dryness and also treats the
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`underlying cause of the condition – ocular inflammation." APO1049, 38:¶3;
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`APO1052, 14:2 (under Dry Eye); APO1025, 3 (RESTASIS® … section).
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`25.
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` Allergan excluded sales of many products from its definition of the
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`U.S. market for RESTASIS®. As discussed in detail below (see paragraph 43), I
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`understand that practitioners and researchers have authored publications that
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`recommend many pharmaceutical drug products for treating dry eye disease/KCS.
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`Such authors include subcommittee members of the International Dry Eye
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`Workshop (APO1019, 2659:title, 2659:1 (bottom of column))8; the members of the
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`American Academy of Ophthalmology’s Corneal/External Disease Preferred
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`8 Exhibit APO1019 is the '556 patent's file history. During prosecution, Allergan
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`submitted articles in support of a Declaration of Dr. Rhett M. Schiffman, including
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`several that I have cited here. See APO1019, e.g., 2644, 2650 (referring to dry eye
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`as dysfunctional tear syndrome), 2659, 2717, 2722.
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`Practice Pattern Panel (2012-2013) (APO1044, 1-3); Drs. Genevieve Napper, Ian
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`Douglas, and Julie Albietz (APO1038, 1), and others. Recommendations such as
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`theirs have resulted in actual sales of the products listed and discussed in paragraph
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`43, below, during the period of quarter 1, 2003 to quarter 2, 2013 (which Allergan
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`focused on during prosecution). APO1019, 2620:¶¶2-4, 2626, 2644:title, 2647,
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`2722:2:¶5 to 2723:1:¶3; APO1049, 23:¶¶1-2; APO1054, 26:¶4, 41:¶5 (under
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`Chronic Dry Eye). For example, in January 2013, Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD noted
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`that "we have been adding topical corticosteroids such as loteprednol when we
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`initiate therapy." APO1019, 2722:1:¶1, 2722:2:¶3 to 2722:3:¶1, 2722:3:¶4.
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`26. Allergan did not include any sales of these products for dry eye/KCS
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`treatment in its discussion of RESTASIS®'s sales performance. APO1019, 2620:¶4.
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`Instead, Allergan's definition of the relevant market included only RESTASIS®. Id.
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`Specifically, during prosecution of the '556 patent, Allergan's Vice President of
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`Marketing stated "[a]s there is no other FDA-approved therapeutic treatment for
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`dry eye available on the US market, Restasis® owns 100% of the market share."
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`APO1019, 2620:¶4. This definition is unduly narrow because it excludes all other
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`products used to treat dry eye/KCS. See VII.B.2, below.
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`27.
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`I understand that, to analyze commercial success of a pharmaceutical
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`drug product, the relevant market is defined by the product's uses. RESTASIS® is a
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`drug product used for treating dry eye/KCS. APO1043, 1:1 (under Indications and
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`Usage); APO1025, 1 (title), 3 (under RESTASIS® …); see also, e.g., APO1049,
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`38:2:¶3; APO1052, 14:2 (under Dry Eye); APO1057, 9:¶2. Thus, the relevant
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`market includes all sales of drug products for the use of treating dry eye/KCS.
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`VII. RESTASIS®'s performance does not provide evidence of commercial
`success for the claims of the '556 patent
`28. The market performance of RESTASIS® does not provide evidence of
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`commercial success that is attributable to the claims of the '556 patent, as I discuss
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`in detail below.9
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`29. The '556 patent file history includes information regarding the alleged
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`commercial success of RESTASIS®, which I have concluded is significantly
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`overstated and not attributable to the '556 patent's claims for the reasons discussed
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`below.
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`30. Allergan provided sales information to the USPTO concerning the
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`market performance of RESTASIS® in an attempt to assert that it has experienced
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`commercial success. APO1019, 2620-2628. Allergan asserted that (i) RESTASIS®'s
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`world-wide sales revenue has steadily