{"id":1923081,"date":"2023-05-03T00:12:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T04:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vanda-pharmaceuticals-sues-u-s-government-over-drug-trade-secrets\/"},"modified":"2023-05-03T00:12:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T04:12:00","slug":"vanda-pharmaceuticals-sues-u-s-government-over-drug-trade-secrets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vanda-pharmaceuticals-sues-u-s-government-over-drug-trade-secrets\/","title":{"rendered":"Vanda Pharmaceuticals sues U.S. government over drug trade secrets"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvanda-pharmaceuticals-sues-u-s-government-over-drug-trade-secrets%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1923081&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Blake Brittain<\/p>\n<p>(Reuters) \u2013     Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc has sued the federal government in Washington, D.C., federal court over accusations that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration passed trade secrets about its schizophrenia drug Fanapt and sleep-disorder medication Hetlioz to generic competitors.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>In a complaint made public Tuesday, Vanda said the agency disclosed confidential details from its applications for FDA approval to companies seeking to make generic versions of its drugs, and that it \u201croutinely\u201d reveals confidential information about brand-name drugs to generic drug applicants.<\/p>\n<p>An FDA spokesperson said the agency does not comment on pending litigation. <\/p>\n<p>The FDA approved Vanda\u2019s antipsychotic drug Fanapt in 2009 and its circadian-rhythm regulator Hetlioz in 2014. Vanda\u2019s lawsuit said the FDA has also approved several generic versions of the drugs.<\/p>\n<p>Washington, D.C.-based Vanda earned more than $159 million from sales of Hetlioz and more than $94 million from Fanapt last year, according to a company report. <\/p>\n<p>Vanda told the U.S. Court of Federal Claims that the FDA gave confidential information about Fanapt and Hetlioz, its only two drugs, to generic competitors including Lupin Ltd, Apotex Inc and Teva Pharmaceutical. <\/p>\n<p>It accused the FDA of revealing its dissolution specifications for the drugs, which indicate how much they must dissolve after administration to be safe and effective, to other drugmakers in correspondence about their generic versions.<\/p>\n<p>The company also said the FDA disclosed secret information about its Hetlioz manufacturing process to Apotex and Teva during their bids for generic approval.<\/p>\n<p>Vanda accused the government of unconstitutionally taking its confidential information and violating an implied contract to keep it secret, and requested an unspecified amount of money damages.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Blake Brittain in Washington)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/vanda-pharmaceuticals-sues-u-s\/attachment\/file-photo-signage-is-seen-outside-of-fda-headquarters-in-2\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken comes under Republican scrutiny regarding the botched Afghanistan Withdrawal and his relationship to Hunter Biden.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The DOJ arrests nearly 300 suspects as part of an international operation tracking the illicit trafficking of dangerous opioids.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>GOP Senators are speaking out saying today\u2019s hearing targeting Supreme Court ethics in the Senate Judiciary Committee is not really about ethics and instead represents an effort to de-legitimize the court.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A California mother loses a battle against a parental secrecy policy at her young daughter\u2019s school.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Krystal Hu (Reuters) \u2013 Inflection AI, the artificial intelligence startup founded by LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and Google DeepMind co-founder Mustafa\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) -Lithium producer Livent Corp boosted its annual forecast on Tuesday after reporting better-than-expected quarterly profit, a bullish outlook\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Nandita Bose and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The chief executives of Alphabet Inc\u2019s Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic will meet with\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Akash Sriram (Reuters) -Match Group on Tuesday forecast second-quarter revenue below analysts\u2019 expectations, but said it is seeing signs of growth\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Blake Brittain (Reuters) \u2013 Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc has sued the federal government in Washington, D.C., federal court over accusations that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration passed trade secrets about its schizophrenia drug Fanapt and sleep-disorder medication Hetlioz to generic competitors. 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