Teva’s counsel notes a key factor in the jury's finding that Gilead’s patent settlement with Teva did not include a reverse payment to delay entry of Truvada and Atripla generics. A second trial will proceed on claims a collaboration agreement between Gilead and Janssen was anticompetitive.

Scrip delves into some of India’s critical compliance and quality challenges and efforts to address those. 

Ranbaxy consent decree is invoked again after the FDA’s latest inspection unveils backdating at Sun’s Mohali plant. FDA probes Intas plant’s many deceptions, Ipca stumbles on investigations without start dates and Sure-Biochem must admit missing client’s contamination.

US FDA import alert at Halol site comes as a setback for Sun Pharma, but analysts shrug off wider concerns for now given the low dependence on the facility for future growth. Investors are, however, also tracking the escalated compliance situation for the firm’s Mohali plant, inherited via the Ranbaxy deal.