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Carolyn A. Alenci provides integrated, industry-focused strategic counseling and advocacy for clients in the pharmaceutical, medical device, cosmetic, and digital health industries. Ms. Alenci combines her understanding of science, intellectual property, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) practice, and federal and state statutes, regulations, and rules with industry-specific knowledge to define and drive client-centered strategies that align clients’ business and legal goals.
Ms. Alenci concentrates on assisting generic pharmaceutical companies filing Abbreviated New Drug Applications and 505(b)(2) Applications with the FDA with all stages of strategic planning, including product formulation and reference listed drug decisions and invalidity and non-infringement analyses, and with patent litigation, settlement negotiations, and appeals.
Ms. Alenci also assists clients with securing intellectual property rights in the United States and abroad, providing freedom-to-operate, invalidity, and infringement/non-infringement analyses, petitioning for inter partes review before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), analyzing license agreements, policies, warning letters, and due diligence/audit reports, as well as advocating for and defending clients in patent, trade dress, trade secret, and commercial litigation.
Ms. Alenci also provides in-depth regulatory analyses and strategy for compliance, class selection, 510(k) clearance and exemption, labeling, advertising/marketing/promotion, state licensing and registration for manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers, compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices, inspections, and data integrity.
Ms. Alenci regularly authors alerts and presents on industry topics, such as FDA regulations and guidance on ANDA and 505(b)(2) Applications, NCE exclusivity, data integrity, compliance with current Good Manufacturing Practices, labeling, abuse deterrence, the Drug Supply Chain Security Act, and violation and enforcement. Ms. Alenci is also the co-author of "Chapter 11, Generic Drugs: ANDAs, Section 505 (b)(2) Applications, Patents, and Exclusivities," Food and Drug Law and Regulation, 3rd Edition, March 2015.
Ms. Alenci is a member of the Food and Drug Law Institute, where she has served on the drugs and biologics committee and currently serves on the peer-review publications committee. Ms. Alenci is also active in the Greater Boston community, participating in the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce’s Women’s Leadership Program, the Women’s Bar Association’s Women’s Leadership Initiative, and the young professionals’ groups for the Museum of Fine Arts and the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Conducting a 50-state survey of drug and device law.
Advise digital health companies on regulatory landscape concerning software, apps, and 3-D printing.
Evaluate medical device classification issues and regulatory pathways, including 510(k) clearance and exemptions.
Advise company with respect to changes to policies to comply with both state and federal statutes and regulations.
Advise on the interrelation of federal statute, including developing and implementing legal theories on matters of first impression.
Reviewing claims made in advertising and promotional materials (e.g., cosmetic vs. drug claims).
Advise generic pharmaceutical companies on issues such as the selection of reference listed drugs, section viii carve outs, labeling, and off-label use.
Advise pharmaceutical clients on use of voicemails as source documents.
Advise clients on warning letter and 483 Observation responses and repercussions.
Advise on due diligence and audit reports with respect to compliance with requirements of company sale.
Analyze patent landscapes in pharmaceutical and medical device industries.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. et al. v. Prinston Pharmaceuticals Inc., et al., 17-CV-00426 (LPS) (D.Del.) Patent infringement action regarding Prinston's ANDA to make a generic version of BMS’s anticoagulant product Eliquis®, the active ingredient of which is apixaban.
Part of a team of lawyers representing a Fortune 100 pharmaceutical company in a multibillion-dollar trade secret and antitrust litigation arising out of technology relating to the pharmaceutical application of recombinant proteins.
In re Copaxone 40 mg Consolidated Cases, 14-CV-01171 (GMS) (D. Del.) Patent infringement action regarding Amneal's ANDA to make a generic version of Teva's MS product Copaxone®, the active ingredient of which is glatiramer acetate 40 mg.
Inter Partes Review Nos. 2015-01976, -01980 and -01981. Representing Petitioner Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC in IPR of U.S. Patent Nos. 8,232,250, 8,399,413 and 8,969,302, owned by Yeda Research and Development Co., Ltd., and listed in the FDA Orange Book for Teva's MS product Copaxone®, the active ingredient of which is glatiramer acetate 40 mg.
Eli Lilly & Co. et al. v. Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC, 14-CV-02025 (SEB)(DML) (S.D. Ind.) Patent infringement action regarding Amneal's ANDA to make a generic version of Lilly's testosterone replacement product Axiron®, the active ingredient of which is testosterone.
Depomed, Inc. et al. v. Actavis Elizabeth et al., 2:13-CV-04507 (CCC) (D. NJ) Patent infringement action regarding Actavis’s ANDAs to make a generic version of Janssen’s opioid analgesic pain products Nucynta® and Nucynta® ER, the active ingredient of which is tapentadol hydrochloride. Won judgment of non-infringement of Depomed's last-to-expire patent. Case now on appeal to the Federal Circuit.
Commonwealth Laboratories v. Genova Diagnostics (S.D. Fla. 2014) Patent litigation concerning diagnostic test for intestinal bacterial overgrowth. After filed motion to dismiss and indicated our intent to seek attorneys fees, the plaintiff dismissed its case with prejudice.
Pfizer Inc., et al. v. Wockhardt, Ltd., et al., 12-CV-817 (SLR) (Consolidated) (D. Del.) Patent infringement action regarding Wockhardt's ANDA to make a generic version of Pfizer's antidepressant product Pristiq®, the active ingredient of which is desvenlafaxine succinate.
Warner-Chilcott Co. LLC et al. v. Ranbaxy, Inc., et al., 12-CV-2474 (FSH) (Consolidated) (D. NJ) Patent infringement action regarding Ranbaxy’s ANDA to make a generic version of Warner-Chilcott’s osteoporosis product Atelvia®, the active ingredient of which is risedronate sodium.
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al. v. Wockhardt, Ltd., et al., 11-CV-704 (Consolidated) (LPS) (D. Del.) Obtained a settlement in a patent infringement action allowing Wockhardt to market a generic version of Avanir’s PBA product Nuedexta®, the active ingredients of which are dextromethorphan hydrobromide and quinidine hydrobromide.
Obtained a $65 million plus settlement on behalf of Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corp. Tekmira had sued Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. and AlCana Technologies, Inc. in the Business Litigation Session of the Massachusetts Superior Court alleging that Alnylam and AlCana misappropriated Tekmira's trade secrets related to gene-silencing therapeutics. In addition to the payments, the settlement also assigns control to Tekmira over its leading systemic RNAi Therapeutics delivery technology, and brings clarity around the ownership of the intellectual property that protects its lipid nanoparticle (LNP) technology.
Abbott Laboratories v. Sandoz Inc., 10-538 (D.Del. - S. Robinson). Representing Sandoz in litigation regarding NIASPAN®, the active ingredient of which is niacin.
King Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al. v. Actavis Inc., et al., Case No. 07-CV-05041 (GEB) (MCA) (D.N.J.). Patent infringement action regarding Actavis' ANDA to make a generic version of King's pain product Avinza®, the active ingredient of which is morphine sulfate.
Pfizer Inc., et al. v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Case No. 10-CV-00085 (JJF) (D.Del.). Patent infringement action regarding Mylan's ANDA to make a generic version of Pfizer's cardiovascular product Caduet®, the active ingredients of which are atorvastatin calcium and amlodipine besylate.
Wyeth v. Apotex Inc. and Apotex Corp., No. 08-022308 (S.D. Fla.) Patent infringement action regarding Apotex's ANDA to make a generic version of Wyeth's antidepressant product EFFEXOR XR® (venlafaxine hydrochloride).
Obtained a settlement for Wockhardt, a global pharmaceutical and biotechnology company, that resolved Hatch-Waxman litigation initiated by Sepracor Inc. seeking to bar Wockhardt from offering a generic version of the blockbuster insomnia medicine Lunesta®. Sepracor agreed to allow Wockhardt entry into the market before the expiration of its Lunesta patents.

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