International Trade Commission February 9, 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on December 29, 2022, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on behalf of Viking Therapeutics, Inc. of San Diego, California. A supplement was filed on January 13, 2023. The complaint, as supplemented, alleges violations of section 337 based upon the importation into the United States of certain selective thyroid hormone receptor-beta agonists, processes for manufacturing or relating to same, and products containing same by reason of misappropriation of trade secrets, the threat or effect of which is to destroy or substantially injure a domestic industry or prevent the establishment of a domestic industry. The complainant requests that the Commission institute an investigation and, after the investigation, issue a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders.