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7th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments in Humira “Patent Thicket” Antitrust Case

By Xiaoban Xin on April 15, 2021
Posted in Legal

On February 25, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit heard oral arguments in UFCW Local 1500 Welfare Fund v. AbbVie Inc. (Case No. 20-2402), a case appealed from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois by a group of Humira buyers (including consumer groups, drug wholesalers, and unions)…

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