Penka Kovacheva

Vice President

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  • Los Angeles

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Penka Kovacheva coleads Cornerstone Research’s life sciences practice. She specializes in litigation and regulatory investigations within the life sciences and healthcare industries. In addition to being a testifying expert herself, Dr. Kovacheva works closely with academic experts and attorneys, and leads large teams in performing complex economic and statistical analyses on a range of issues within these industries.

In particular, Dr. Kovacheva has extensive experience in:

Antitrust litigation and merger investigations
  • Investigated allegations of anticompetitive delay of generic entry, including alleged reverse payments, product hopping, and noncompete agreements between drug manufacturers
  • Analyzed allegations of price fixing among generic drug manufacturers
  • Examined class certification issues in end-payor and direct purchaser class actions
  • Estimated competitive effects of a vertical merger between a health insurer and a pharmacy benefit manager
Product misrepresentation and product liability matters
  • Assessed the impact of pharmaceutical marketing on prescribers’ behavior and prescription drug sales
  • Analyzed pharmaceutical companies’ drug development decisions
Statistical sampling matters
  • Performed statistical sampling and evaluated sample designs and extrapolation methods to address allegations of Medicare and Medicaid overpayment for healthcare services
  • Assessed the use of sampling to establish liability and damages in False Claims Act matters and government audits of healthcare providers
Intellectual property disputes
  • Analyzed indicators of commercial success and nexus to patent claims in Hatch-Waxman disputes
  • Assessed potential irreparable harm in the context of preliminary injunction motions
Article

Most-Favored Entry Clauses in Drug-Patent Litigation Settlements

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In re Novartis and Par Antitrust Litigation

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In re HIV Antitrust Litigation

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The Inflation Reduction Act Could Have Unintended Consequences

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United States et al. v. Sava Senior Care Inc. et al.

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Cornerstone Research Promotes Seven to Vice President and Principal

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Cigna’s Acquisition of Express Scripts

  • “Fundamentals – Antitrust IP,” American Bar Association’s 70th Antitrust Law Spring Meeting, 7 April 2022 
  • Women@ Initiative for “Up-And-Coming” Women Competition Professionals, 17 June 2019
  • “Spikes in Drug Prices: Outrageous or Legitimate?,” Health Care and Pharmaceuticals Committee, American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law, 29 June 2017