Meda and Cipla sue Apotex to enforce Dymista® patents
Meda Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Cipla Ltd. today announced that they sued Apotex Inc. and Apotex Corp. ("Apotex") in Federal District Court in Delaware to enforce the Orange-Book listed patents covering Dymista (azelastine HCl/fluticasone propionate) Nasal Spray in response to Apotex's submission to the US Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) of an Abbreviated New Drug Application (“ANDA”), and accompanying Paragraph IV certification, seeking approval to market a generic version of Meda’s Dymista prior to expiration of the Dymista patents. The Complaint was filed within 45 days of