Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation v. Torrent Pharma Inc.

  1. March 12, 2025

    Law360 Cheat Sheet: Novartis' Fight Over Generic Entresto

    Novartis has led a wide-ranging litigation campaign to block generic versions of its bestselling cardiovascular drug Entresto that has involved multidistrict litigation, trips to several circuit courts and cases against the federal government. Here, Law360 breaks down how the various cases intersect and what's still playing out.

  2. February 20, 2025

    Generic-Drug Group Rallies Behind Appeal In Entresto Fight

    A generic-drug industry group is weighing in on the Federal Circuit's move last month to revive a patent tied to Entresto, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp's blockbuster heart drug, warning that "the pharmaceutical industry is watching this case closely."

  3. February 11, 2025

    MSN Urges Fed. Circ. To Reinvalidate Novartis' Entresto IP

    A Delaware federal judge properly invalidated a patent covering Novartis Pharmaceuticals' blockbuster cardiovascular drug Entresto for lacking written description, and a panel should never have overridden him, MSN Pharmaceuticals told the full Federal Circuit seeking a rehearing.

  4. January 29, 2025

    Full Fed. Circ. Won't Allow MSN To Launch Generic Entresto

    The Federal Circuit is standing by its decision to bar MSN Pharmaceuticals from launching a generic version of Novartis' bestseller, the cardiovascular drug Entresto, as Novartis tries to persuade the court that it deserves an injunction through July. 

  5. January 17, 2025

    MSN Wants Generic Entresto Launch After Patent Expired

    MSN Pharmaceuticals asked the Federal Circuit Friday to let it launch its generic version of Novartis' blockbuster heart drug Entresto while the drugmakers continue their litigation over a newly expired patent, by lifting a temporary injunction barring that launch.

  6. January 15, 2025

    Novartis Wins Temporary Stay Of MSN's Generic Heart Drug

    The D.C. Circuit late Wednesday temporarily halted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's approval of MSN Pharmaceuticals' generic version of Novartis' blockbuster heart failure drug Entresto, just after federal judges in D.C. and Delaware declined to block the launch of MSN's product.

  7. January 10, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Revives Novartis Entresto Patent In MDL

    The Federal Circuit on Friday revived a patent covering Entresto, a blockbuster heart failure drug made by Novartis, as part of multidistrict litigation where the company has tried to block generic versions of the product.