Company: SUPN
Filing Date: 2025-02-25
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001356576-25-000017
Chunk: 387

Company: SUPERNUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-02-25
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 387
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2022, the defendants filed renewed motions to dismiss directed to the remaining unresolved issue. On March 20, 2023, the District Court entered an order and final judgement dismissing with prejudice the FCA claim while declining to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over the state false claims act claims which were dismissed without prejudice. On April 19, 2023, the plaintiff appealed the District Court's dismissal of the Federal False Claims Act claim. On February 20, 2024, the plaintiff filed a motion for an indicative ruling and to set aside the judgment in the District Court, based on the same arguments raised in his appeal. That motion was fully briefed and the District Court determined that the motion for an indicative ruling was suitable for determination without a hearing. On May 7, 2024, the District Court denied the plaintiff’s motion for an indicative ruling. The appeal is fully briefed, and the Ninth Circuit heard oral argument on November 21, 2024. On January 29, 2025, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the District Court’s order dismissing the litigation. The plaintiff intends to file a Petition for Panel and En Banc Rehearing and has asked the Ninth Circuit to extend his filing deadline until March 31, 2025. The Company intends to defend itself vigorously. However, the Company can offer no assurances that it will be successful in a litigation. APOKYN LitigationOn October 3, 2022, Sage Chemical, Inc. and TruPharma, LLC filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (Case No.22-cv-1302) alleging that Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Britannia Pharmaceuticals Limited, and US WorldMeds Partners, LLC violated state and federal antitrust law in connection with APOKYN. On January 10, 2023, the Company filed motions to dismiss all claims and the lawsuit in its entirety. Between May 9, 2024 and June 4, 2024, the Court ruled on all motions to dismiss, declining to dismiss any claims against the Company, its subsidiaries, or Britannia Pharmaceuticals Limited and dismissing US WorldMeds Partners, LLC, USWM, LLC, and all of the individual defendants (former US WorldMeds executives) out of the case completely. The Court then lifted the stay on fact depositions, which are now well underway and are expected to be completed by first half of February 2025. Plaintiffs moved to revive the claims against US WorldMeds Partners,