U.S. District Chief Judge Leonard P. Stark of the District of Delaware said Meda Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Cipla Ltd. had dragged their feet in asking the court for leave to assert a certificate of correction in an amended complaint, and informal discussions to resolve the issue did not meet the good-cause requirement of showing diligence, he said.
“Plaintiffs’ alleged ‘negotiations’ are not strong evidence of diligence, especially as they coincided with waiting more than four months to seek to amend their pleading,” Stark wrote in a five-page memorandum order.
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