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Study Examines Paragraph IV Settlement and Litigation Success Rates

By Donald Zuhn, Kevin Noonan, Chris Singer, Sherri Oslick, and Jason Derry

By James DeGiulio -- With very little downside and huge upside, exclusivity is the driving force to the huge increase in first-to-file Paragraph IV filings. Adam Greene and D. Dewey Steadman, both at RBC Capital Markets Corp., conducted a recent study where they analyzed over 370 court rulings since the beginning of 2000 to establish the "success rates" of generics (as defined by the authors). Using PACER, company reports, and RBC Capital Markets estimates as their sources, the authors looked at company, district court, and judge, as well as other relevant trends in the industry such as at-risk launches, authorized...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on January 22, 2010 (boomark / email).