The statutory and regulatory scheme -- The drug approval process : an overview -- Notice and prefiling considerations -- The litigation timeline -- Hatch-Waxman actions in multidistrict litigation -- Biologics litigation : the biosimilars wars -- Iinitiating litigation -- Use of reissue proceedings in Hatch-Waxman litigation -- Inter partes review in ANDA litigation -- Examining subject-matter jurisdiction over declaratory judgment claims filed in combination with patent infringement claims under section 271(e)(2)(A) -- Responding to the complaint -- Discovery -- Experts -- Claim construction -- Summary judgment -- Remedies -- Settlement -- Antitrust -- Pretrial preparation -- Trial -- Post-trial -- Appeals to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit -- Hatch-Waxman practice in the Supreme Court of the United States -- Managing an ANDA litigation -- Pharmaceutical regulation and litigation in foreign countries