Eagle Pharmaceuticals Reaches Settlement Agreement with Accord Healthcare, Inc. Related to BENDEKA® (bendamustine hydrochloride)
Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: EGRX) announced a settlement with Accord Healthcare regarding patents related to BENDEKA®. Accord can market its product starting January 17, 2028, or sooner under specific conditions. This follows a similar settlement with Hospira. Eagle's CEO expressed satisfaction with the settlement and plans to continue enforcing intellectual property rights related to BENDEKA and its bendamustine franchise.
- Settlement with Accord Healthcare secures patent rights for BENDEKA until at least January 17, 2028.
- Eagle intends to vigorously enforce its intellectual property rights, indicating a proactive stance in protecting its products.
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WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Dec. 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: EGRX) (“Eagle” or the “Company”) today announced that it has reached a settlement agreement with Accord Healthcare, Inc. (“Accord”). Eagle had asserted its Orange Book-listed patents against Accord related to Accord’s new drug application (“NDA”) referencing BENDEKA®. The settlement agreement provides that Accord has the right to market its product beginning January 17, 2028, or earlier based on certain circumstances. The settlement agreement is confidential and subject to review by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice.
The settlement with Accord follows Eagle’s previously announced settlement with Hospira, Inc. (“Hospira”) regarding two Orange Book-listed patents, which granted Hospira the right to market its product beginning January 17, 2028, or earlier based on certain circumstances.
“We are pleased with the settlement. Eagle intends to continue to expand and vigorously enforce its intellectual property rights around BENDEKA and our bendamustine franchise,” stated Scott Tarriff, President and Chief Executive Officer of Eagle.
About Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Eagle is a fully integrated pharmaceutical company with research and development, clinical, manufacturing and commercial expertise. Eagle is committed to developing innovative medicines that result in meaningful improvements in patients’ lives. Eagle’s commercialized products include vasopressin, PEMFEXY®, RYANODEX®, BENDEKA®, BELRAPZO®, TREAKISYM® (Japan), and BYFAVO® and BARHEMSYS® through its wholly owned subsidiary Acacia Pharma Inc. Eagle’s oncology and CNS/metabolic critical care pipeline includes product candidates with the potential to address underserved therapeutic areas across multiple disease states. Additional information is available on Eagle’s website at www.eagleus.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended, and other securities law. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts. Words and phrases such as “anticipated,” “forward,” “will,” “would,” “may,” “remain,” “potential,” “prepare,” “expected,” “believe,” “plan,” “near future,” “belief,” “guidance,” “opportunity,” “estimate,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding future events such as: the resolution of patent litigation and all related settlement terms, including dates of market entry and the potential for earlier market entry under certain circumstances and submission of the settlement agreement to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice for review; the strength of the Company’s intellectual property rights for BENDEKA and BELRAPZO; and the expected expansion, defense and enforcement of intellectual property rights. All of such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and generally beyond the Company’s control, that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied or projected by, the forward-looking information and statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: the impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, including interruptions or other adverse effects on clinical trials and delays in regulatory review or further disruption or delay of any pending or future litigation; delay in or failure to obtain regulatory approval of the Company's product candidates and successful compliance with FDA, European Medicines Agency and other governmental regulations applicable to product approvals; the outcome of litigation involving any of its products or that may have an impact on any of its products; the strength and enforceability of the Company’s intellectual property rights or the rights of third parties; the risks inherent in drug development and in conducting clinical trials; and those risks and uncertainties identified in the “Risk Factors” sections of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 8, 2022, the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, June 30, 2022 and September 30, 2022, filed with the SEC on May 9, 2022, August 9, 2022, and November 9, 2022, respectively, and its other subsequent filings with the SEC. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date on which they were made. Except to the extent required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update such statements to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made.
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