OBB News Briefs

• As reported by FDA Law Blog, FDA determined on May 7 that Cobalt forfeited its 180-day exclusivity on acarbose and Cobalt sued FDA on May 8 for injunctive relief.  Last Friday, for some reason, Cobalt voluntarily dismissed its suit against FDA.
• Also last Friday, FDA appealed the D.C. district court's decision requiring relisting of Janssen's patent on Risperdal (risperidone).
• Ivax recently filed a declaratory judgment complaint against AstraZeneca, reportedly seeking to trigger Ranbaxy's 180-day exclusivity on esomeprazole.  AstraZeneca and Ranbaxy settled their esomeprazole litigation last month.
• The district court in Washington, D.C. recently transfered the FTC v. Cephalon "reverse payment" antitrust case to the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Reuters reported, possibly throwing a wrench into the FTC's plans to get a "reverse payment" case before the Supreme Court.
• Pharmalot had an interesting post last week on the coming wave of generic drugs from Chinese generic drug companies.