The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on April 26 upheld a recent lower court ruling that found an active pharmaceutical ingredient imported by Janssen Ortho eligible for duty-free treatment. In line with a February 2020 Court of International Trade decision, the Federal Circuit found darunavir ethanolate, the active ingredient in a Janssen HIV medication, is encompassed by a listing in the tariff schedule's Pharmaceutical Appendix for darunavir.
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Judge Kimberly Moore will become the next chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on May 22, the court announced in an April 21 press release. Moore, a President George W. Bush appointee in 2006, will succeed Chief Judge Sharon Prost, who has served in the role of chief judge since 2014. Prost will be statutorily unable to serve in the position when her seven-year term ends in May, a few days before her 70th birthday. The law requires the chief judge of the Federal Circuit to be under 64 years of age when assuming the role.