CANDA NK-2 Files Motion To Dismiss Patent Infringement Suit

CANDA NK-2, LLC, a subsidiary of CANDA Pharma, LLC, announced today that the company has moved to dismiss a patent infringement lawsuit, based on lack of personal jurisdictions over the defendants. The claim was originally filed on Oct. 8, 2014 by Eli Lilly and Company

in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. The motion to dismiss was filed in partnership with Nang Kuang Pharmaceutical Co., LTD., by Farney Daniels, PC, counsel for the defendants. The lawsuit alleges that Nang Kuang infringed U.S. Patent Nos. 5,344,932 and 7,772,209 by submitting an Abbreviated New Drug Application to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) requesting approval of a generic pemetrexed disodium, 100 mg base/vial and 500 mg base/vial for intravenous infusion. The pharmaceuticals are chemotherapy agents used for the treatment of various types of cancer. The case is Eli Lilly and Company v. Nang Kuang Pharmaceutical and CANDA NK-2, No. 1:14-cv-1647.