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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA
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`INDIVIOR INC ., INDIVIOR UK LIMITED,
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`and MONOSOL RX, LLC,
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`v.
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`Plaintiffs,
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`MYLAN TECHNOLOGIES INc_ ’ MYLAN
`PHARMACEUTICALS INC, and MYLAN
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`N.V.,
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`Defendants.
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`CA No_ 1:15-CV-209 (Keeley)
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`Electronically filed: 1 l/05/2015
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`COMPLAINT FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT
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`Plaintiffs Indivior Inc. (formerly known as Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
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`(“Indivior”), Indivior UK Limited (formerly known as RB Pharmaceuticals Limited) (“Indivior
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`UK”), and MonoSol Rx, LLC (“MonoSol”) (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) file this Complaint against
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`Defendants Mylan Technologies Inc. (“MTI”), Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“MPI”), and Mylan
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`N.V. (collectively, “Mylan” or “Defendants”) and allege as follows:
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`NATURE OF THE ACTION
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`1.
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`This is an action for patent infringement arising under the Food and Drug Laws
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`and Patent Laws of the United States, Titles 21 and 35 of the United States Code, respectively,
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`arising from MTI’s submission of an Abbreviated New Drug Application (“ANDA”) to the Food
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`and Drug Administration (“FDA”) seeking approval to manufacture, use, and sell a generic
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`version of Plaintiffs’ Suboxone® sublingual film prior to the expiration of United States Patent
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`Nos. 8,475,832 (“the ’832 patent”), 8,017,150 (“the ’150 patent”), and 8,603,514 (“the ’514
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`patent”) (collectively, “the patents-in—suit”).
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`THE PARTIES
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`2.
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`Plaintiff Indivior is a Delaware corporation having a principal place of business at
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`10710 Midlothian Turnpike, Suite 430, Richmond, Virginia.
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`3.
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`Plaintiff Indivior UK is a United Kingdom corporation having a principal place of
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`business at 103-105 Bath Road, Slough, UK.
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`4.
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`Plaintiff MonoSol is a Delaware limited liability corporation having a principal
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`place of business at 30 Technology Drive, Warren, New Jersey.
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`5.
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`On information and belief, MTI is a West Virginia corporation having a principal
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`place of business at 110 Lake Street, Saint Albans, Vermont.
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`6.
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`On information and belief, MPI is a West Virginia corporation having a principal
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`place of business at 781 Chestnut Ridge Road, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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`7.
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`On information and belief, Mylan N.V. is a corporation organized and existing
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`under the laws of the Netherlands, having a place of business at Building 4, Trident Place,
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`Mosquito Way, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9UL, England.
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`JURISDICTION AND VENUE
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`8.
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`This Court has subject matter jurisdiction over this action pursuant to 28 U.S.C.
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`§§ 1331, 1338(a), 2201, and 2202.
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`9.
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`On information and belief, Mylan is in the business of, inter alia, developing,
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`manufacturing, obtaining regulatory approval, marketing, selling, and distributing generic copies
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`of branded pharmaceutical products in West Virginia and throughout the United States.
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`10.
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`This Court has personal jurisdiction over MTI because of, inter alia, MTI’s
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`incorporation and registration in the State of West Virginia; its continuous and systematic
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`contacts with the State of West Virginia; its previous submission to the jurisdiction of this
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`judicial district; and its marketing and sales activities in this judicial district, including, but not
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`limited to, the substantial, continuous, and systematic distribution, marketing, and/or sales of
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`generic pharmaceutical products to residents of this judicial district.
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`11.
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`This Court has personal jurisdiction over MPI because of, inter alia, MPI’s
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`incorporation and registration in the State of West Virginia; its continuous and systematic
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`contacts with the State of West Virginia; its previous submission to the jurisdiction of this
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`judicial district; and its marketing and sales activities in this judicial district, including, but not
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`limited to, the substantial, continuous, and systematic distribution, marketing, and/or sales of
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`generic pharmaceutical products to residents of this judicial district.
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`12.
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`This Court has personal jurisdiction over Mylan N.V. at least under Fed. R. Civ.
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`P. 4(k)(2), and because Mylan N.V., MPI, and MTI operate as an integrated, unitary
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`pharmaceutical business, whereby, on information and belief, Mylan N.V. controls and/or
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`dominates subsidiaries MTI and MPI.
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`13. Mylan holds itself out and publicly represents itself as a single global entity. For
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`example, Mylan N.V. reports revenue on a consolidated basis that includes its subsidiaries MTI
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`and MPI. Mylan N.V.’s August 6, 2015 Quarterly Report states that Mylan has a consolidated
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`“Generics” segment that conducts business on a global basis. On information and belief, Mylan
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`N.V. issues press releases for its subsidiaries MPI and/or MTI regarding FDA approval of
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`generic drugs, commercialization of generic drugs, and litigations involving the filing of ANDAs
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`or NDAs.
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`14.
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`On information and belief, Mylan N.V., MPI, and MTI have an integrated
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`management structure, including overlapping officers and directors.
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`15.
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`Upon information and belief, Defendants are agents of each other and/or work in
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`concert with each other with respect to the development, regulatory approval, marketing, sale,
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`and distribution of pharmaceutical products throughout the United States. Such products include
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`the generic buprenorphine hydrochloride and naloxone hydrochloride sublingual film (“Mylan’s
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`generic product”) that is described in ANDA No. 207607.
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`16.
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`On information and belief, MTI, as the agent of Mylan N.V., and in concert with
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`MPI, sent or caused to be sent a letter dated September 23, 2015 to Plaintiff Indivior and Plaintiff
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`Monosol, stating that MTI had submitted ANDA No. 207607 seeking approval to commercially
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`manufacture, use, import, offer for sale and sell Mylan’s generic product (the “Notification
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`Letter”).
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`17.
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`18.
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`Venue is proper in this District under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1391 and 1400.
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`On November 4, 2015, Plaintiffs filed a complaint against Mylan for patent
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`infringement in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware based on the filing
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`of ANDA No. 207607. The resulting Delaware action is presently pending. A copy of the
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`complaint in the Delaware action (the “Delaware Action”), excluding exhibits, is attached hereto
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`as Exhibit A.
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`19.
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`Based on Mylan’s continuous and systematic business contacts with Delaware,
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`Mylan should be subject to personal jurisdiction in the District of Delaware; however, Mylan
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`may assert that it is not subject to such jurisdiction.
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`20.
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`Plaintiffs are therefore filing the instant complaint, which has identical
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`infringement claims against Mylan as the Delaware Action, to preserve their right to a 30-month
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`stay under 21 U.S.C. § 355(j)(5)(B)(iii).
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`THE PATENTS-IN-SUIT
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`21.
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`Plaintiff Indivior UK is the lawful owner of the ʼ832 patent, and Plaintiff Indivior
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`is an exclusive licensee of the ’832 patent. The ʼ832 patent, entitled “Sublingual and Buccal Film
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`Compositions,” was duly and legally issued on July 2, 2013, naming Garry L. Myers, Samuel D.
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`Hilbert, Bill J. Boone, B. Arlie Bogue, Pradeep Sanghvi, and Madhusudan Hariharan as
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`inventors. A true copy of the ’832 patent is attached hereto as Exhibit B.
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`22.
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`Plaintiff MonoSol is the lawful owner of the ʼ150 patent, and Plaintiff Indivior is
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`an exclusive licensee of the ʼ150 patent. The ʼ150 patent, entitled “Polyethylene Oxide-Based
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`Films and Drug Delivery Systems Made Therefrom,” was duly and legally issued on September
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`13, 2011, naming Robert K. Yang, Richard C. Fuisz, Garry L. Myers, and Joseph M. Fuisz as
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`inventors. A true copy of the ʼ150 patent is attached hereto as Exhibit C.
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`23.
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`Plaintiff MonoSol is the lawful owner of the ʼ514 patent, and Plaintiff Indivior is
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`an exclusive licensee of the ʼ514 patent. The ʼ514 patent, entitled “Uniform Films for Rapid
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`Dissolve Dosage Form Incorporating Taste-Masking Compositions,” was duly and legally issued
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`on December 10, 2013, naming Robert K. Yang, Richard C. Fuisz, Garry L. Myers, and Joseph
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`M. Fuisz as inventors. A true copy of the ʼ514 patent is attached hereto as Exhibit D.
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`SUBOXONE® SUBLINGUAL FILM
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`24.
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`Plaintiff Indivior is the holder of New Drug Application (“NDA”) No. 22-410 for
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`Suboxone® (buprenorphine hydrochloride and naloxone hydrochloride) sublingual film.
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`25.
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`On August 30, 2010, the FDA approved NDA No. 22-410 for the manufacture,
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`marketing, and sale of Suboxone® sublingual film for the treatment of opioid dependence.
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`Plaintiff Indivior has sold Suboxone® sublingual film under NDA No. 22-410 since its approval.
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`26.
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`The patents-in-suit are listed in the FDA’s Approved Drug Products with
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`Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations (the “Orange Book”) as covering Suboxone® sublingual
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`film.
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`THE DRUG APPROVAL PROCESS
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`27.
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`In 1984, Congress enacted the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term
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`Restoration Act, commonly known as the “Hatch-Waxman Act” and codified at 21 U.S.C. § 355.
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`The Hatch-Waxman Act was intended to balance two important public policy goals. First,
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`Congress wanted to ensure that innovator drug manufacturers would have meaningful patent
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`protection and a period of marketing exclusivity to enable them to recoup their investments in
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`the development of valuable new drugs. Second, Congress sought to ensure that, once the patent
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`protection and marketing exclusivity for these drugs expire, consumers would benefit from the
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`availability of lower priced generic versions of approved drugs.
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`28.
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`Under 21 U.S.C. § 355(b)(1), the innovator drug manufacturer and NDA
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`applicant is required to submit extensive testing and safety information concerning the drug. In
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`addition, the NDA applicant must submit information on “any patent which claims the drug for
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`which the applicant submitted the application or which claims a method of using such drug and
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`with respect to which a claim of patent infringement could reasonably be asserted.” Once the
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`NDA is approved, the FDA lists this patent information in the Orange Book.
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`29.
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`In contrast, the Hatch-Waxman Act allows ANDA applicants to obtain FDA
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`approval for generic versions of previously-approved drugs without having to repeat the
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`extensive testing required for a new drug application. Under 21 U.S.C. § 355(j), ANDAs can rely
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`on FDA’s previous findings of safety and efficacy for an approved drug product, if they
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`demonstrate, among other things, that the generic drug is bioequivalent to the previously-
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`approved drug.
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`30. When a generic manufacturer submits an ANDA, the FDA conducts a preliminary
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`review of the application to ensure it is sufficiently complete to permit a substantive review. See
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`21 C.F.R. § 314.101(b)(1). “Receipt of an [ANDA] means that FDA has made a threshold
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`determination that the abbreviated application is sufficiently complete to permit a substantive
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`review.” Id.
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`31.
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`Under 21 U.S.C. § 355(j)(2)(A)(vii), the ANDA must also include one of the
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`following four certifications with respect to each of the patents listed in the Orange Book for the
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`previously-approved drug product: (i) that the patent information has not been filed (“Paragraph
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`I” certifications); (ii) that the patent has expired (“Paragraph II” certifications); (iii) that the
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`patent will expire on a specific date, and the generic will stay off the market until that date
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`(“Paragraph III” certifications); or (iv) that the “patent is invalid or will not be infringed by the
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`manufacture, use, or sale of the new drug for which the application is submitted” (“Paragraph
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`IV” certifications).
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`32.
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`If the ANDA includes a Paragraph IV certification, the Hatch-Waxman Act
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`requires the ANDA applicant to give notice (“notice of Paragraph IV certification”) to the patent
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`owner of the factual and legal basis for the applicant’s opinion that patents listed in the Orange
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`Book are invalid or will not be infringed, “not later than 20 days after the date of the postmark on
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`the notice with which the [FDA] informs the applicant that the application has been filed.” 21
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`U.S.C. § 355(j)(2)(B).
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`33.
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`The patent owner can file an infringement action within 45 days of receiving the
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`notice of Paragraph IV certification. Such a filing by the patent owner triggers a 30-month
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`injunction or stay of the FDA approval, beginning on the date of receipt of the notice. See 21
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`U.S.C. § 355(j)(5)(B)(iii). This 30-month period is intended to allow time for judicial resolution
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`on the merits of any patent infringement, validity, and/or enforceability claims, before the
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`competitor is allowed entry into the market.
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`34.
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`Federal regulations also govern the timing of the notice of Paragraph IV
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`certification by directing the generic manufacturer to send such notice “when it receives from
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`FDA an acknowledgment letter stating that its [ANDA] is sufficiently complete to permit a
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`substantive review.” 21 C.F.R. § 314.95(b).
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`MYLAN’S PARAGRAPH IV NOTICE
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`35.
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`Plaintiffs received the Notification Letter from Mylan dated September 23, 2015,
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`stating that ANDA No. 207607 contains Paragraph IV certifications alleging that the ʼ832, ʼ150,
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`and ’514 patents are invalid, unenforceable, and/or will not be infringed by the manufacture, use,
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`or sale of the generic product proposed in the ANDA.
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`36.
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`The Notification Letter further states that Mylan submitted ANDA No. 207607 to
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`the FDA under 21 U.S.C. § 355(j), seeking approval to engage in commercial manufacture, use,
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`and/or sale of Mylan’s generic product before expiration of the patents-in-suit. On information
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`and belief, ANDA No. 207607 refers to and relies on Plaintiff Indivior’s NDA for Suboxone®
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`sublingual film and purports to contain data showing bioequivalence of Mylan’s generic product
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`with Suboxone® sublingual film.
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`37.
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`Plaintiffs commenced this action within 45 days of receiving the Notification
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`Letter.
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`38.
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`39.
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`COUNT I
`(Infringement of the ʼ832 Patent Under 35 U.S.C. § 271(e)(2))
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`Plaintiffs reallege paragraphs 1–37 above as if fully set forth herein.
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`On information and belief, Mylan’s generic product is covered by one or more
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`claims of the ʼ832 patent.
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`40.
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`By filing ANDA No. 207607 under 21 U.S.C. § 355(j) for the purposes of
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`obtaining approval to engage in the commercial manufacture, use, and/or sale of Mylan’s generic
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`product prior to the expiration of the ʼ832 patent, Mylan has committed an act of infringement of
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`the ʼ832 patent under 35 U.S.C. § 271(e)(2).
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`41.
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`Plaintiffs are entitled to the relief provided by 35 U.S.C. § 271(e)(4), including,
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`inter alia, an order of this Court that the FDA set the effective date of approval for ANDA No.
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`207607 to be a date which is not any earlier than the expiration date of the ʼ832 patent, including
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`any extensions of that date.
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`COUNT II
`(Infringement of the ʼ150 Patent Under 35 U.S.C. § 271(e)(2))
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`Plaintiffs reallege paragraphs 1–41 above as if fully set forth herein.
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`On information and belief, Mylan’s generic product is covered by one or more
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`42.
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`43.
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`claims of the ʼ150 patent.
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`44.
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`By filing ANDA No. 207607 under 21 U.S.C. § 355(j) for the purposes of
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`obtaining approval to engage in the commercial manufacture, use, and/or sale of Mylan’s generic
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`product prior to the expiration of the ʼ150 patent, Mylan has committed an act of infringement of
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`the ʼ150 patent under 35 U.S.C. § 271(e)(2).
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`45.
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`Plaintiffs are entitled to the relief provided by 35 U.S.C. § 271(e)(4), including,
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`inter alia, an order of this Court that the FDA set the effective date of approval for ANDA No.
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`207607 to be a date which is not any earlier than the expiration date of the ʼ150 patent, including
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`any extensions of that date.
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`COUNT III
`(Infringement of the ʼ514 Patent Under 35 U.S.C. § 271(e)(2))
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`Plaintiffs reallege paragraphs 1–45 above as if fully set forth herein.
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`On information and belief, Mylan’s generic product is covered by one or more
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`46.
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`47.
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`claims of the ʼ514 patent.
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`48.
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`By filing ANDA No. 207607 under 21 U.S.C. § 355(j) for the purposes of
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`obtaining approval to engage in the commercial manufacture, use, and/or sale of Mylan’s generic
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`product prior to the expiration of the ʼ514 patent, Mylan has committed an act of infringement of
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`the ʼ514 patent under 35 U.S.C. § 271(e)(2).
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`49.
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`Plaintiffs are entitled to the relief provided by 35 U.S.C. § 271(e)(4), including,
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`inter alia, an order of this Court that the FDA set the effective date of approval for ANDA No.
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`207607 to be a date which is not any earlier than the expiration date of the ʼ514 patent, including
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`any extensions of that date.
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`PRAYER FOR RELIEF
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`WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs respectfully request that this Court enter:
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`A.
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`A judgment that Mylan has infringed each of the patents-in-suit under 35 U.S.C.
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`§ 271(e)(2) by submitting and maintaining ANDA No. 207607;
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`B.
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`Preliminary and permanent injunctions, restraining and enjoining Mylan, its
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`officers, agents, attorneys, affiliates, divisions, successors and employees, and those acting in
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`privity or concert with them, from engaging in, causing, or inducing the commercial
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`manufacture, use, offer to sell, or sale within the United States, or importation into the United
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`States, of drugs and formulations, or from inducing and/or encouraging the use of methods,
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`claimed in the patents-in-suit;
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`C.
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`An order that the effective date of any approval of ANDA No. 207607 be a date
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`that is not earlier than the expiration of the last to expire of the patents-in-suit, including any
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`extensions thereof and any later expiration of exclusivity associated with those patents;
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`A judgment and order finding that this is an exceptional case within the meaning
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`of 35 U.S.C. § 285 and awarding to Plaintiffs their reasonable attorneys’ fees;
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`E.
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`A judgment granting Plaintiffs compensatory damages in an amount to be
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`determined at trial including both pre-judgment and post-judgment interest if Mylan
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`commercially manufactures, uses, offers to sell, or sells in the United States, or imports into the
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`United States, Mylan’s generic product before the expiration of each patent-in-suit that Mylan is
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`found to infringe, including any extensions; and
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`F.
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`Any and all other relief as the Court deems just and proper.
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`Dated: November 5, 2015
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`OF COUNSEL:
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`_/S/CHAD L. TAYLOR__________________________
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`Chad L. Taylor (WVSB# 10564)
`Frank E. Simmerman, Jr. (WVSB# 3403)
`Frank E. Simmerman, III (WVSB# 11589)
`SIMMERMAN LAW OFFICE, PLLC
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`Counsel for Plaintiffs
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`Daniel A. Ladow
`(pro hac vice application forthcoming)
`TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP
`875 Third Avenue
`New York, NY 10022
`(212) 704-6000
`(212) 704-6288 (Fax)
`daniel.ladow@troutmansanders.com
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`Jeffrey B. Elikan
`(pro hac vice application forthcoming)
`Jeffrey H. Lerner
`(pro hac vice application forthcoming)
`Erica N. Andersen
`(pro hac vice application forthcoming)
`COVINGTON & BURLING LLP
`One CityCenter
`850 10th St. NW
`Washington, DC 20001
`(202) 662-6000
`(202) 662-6291 (Fax)
`jelikan@cov.com
`jlerner@cov.com
`eandersen@cov.com
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`Counsel for Plaintiffs Indivior Inc. & Indivior UK
`Limited
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`James F. Hibey
`(pro hac vice application forthcoming)
`STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP
`1330 Connecticut Avenue, NW
`Washington, DC 20036
`(202) 429-3000
`(202) 429-3902 (Fax)
`jhibey@steptoe.com
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`Cassandra A. Adams
`(pro hac vice application forthcoming)
`STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP
`1114 Avenue of the Americas
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`New York, NY 10039
`(212) 506-3900
`(212) 506-3950 (Fax)
`cadams@steptoe.com
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`Counsel for Plaintiff MonoSol Rx, LLC
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