"Pacira BioSciences Inc. overcame investor allegations tied to statements about the strength of its patent fight for its top-selling painkiller while the biotech company was suing a competitor.

The pension fund leading the case didn’t sufficiently allege Pacira and executives disbelieved optimistic statements about the litigation, a New Jersey federal judge said in an unpublished opinion dismissing the lawsuit with finality Friday.

The Western Pennsylvania Teamsters and Employers Pension Fund’s theory contended that a negative claim construction ruling undercut Pacira’s patent for its non-opioid painkiller, and thus “continued expressions of confidence or uncertainty regarding the ultimate outcome of the case ..."

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This article was originally published in Bloomberg Law.