In one of the first Eastern District of Texas interpretations of the Hatch-Waxman Act, the federal law governing the procedure for bringing generic drugs to market, brand-name drug company Allergan Inc. has prevailed against five generic drug makers.

On Aug. 22 in Allergan Inc. v. Sandoz Inc. , U.S. District Judge T. John Ward ruled that the four Allergan patents were valid and that the four defendants in the consolidated case had infringed upon it.

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