J&J fol­lows Bris­tol My­ers in ap­peal of judge's rul­ing against com­pa­nies in IRA law­suit

Days af­ter a New Jer­sey fed­er­al judge tossed their law­suits against the In­fla­tion Re­duc­tion Act, John­son & John­son has fol­lowed Bris­tol My­ers Squibb and filed an ap­peal.

As Bris­tol My­ers did on Mon­day, J&J filed on Tues­day to ap­peal Judge Za­hid Quraishi’s de­ci­sion to the fed­er­al Third Cir­cuit. Quraishi’s sum­ma­ry judg­ment on Mon­day marked the fed­er­al gov­ern­ment’s fourth court win, af­ter the re­jec­tion of two cas­es brought ear­li­er this year by As­traZeneca and a hand­ful of or­ga­ni­za­tions, in­clud­ing in­dus­try trade group PhRMA. Both PhRMA and As­traZeneca have al­so filed ap­peals.

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