The new year has brought a wave of activity for EYLEA® (aflibercept) biosimilars. Following up on our previous report (EYLEA® (aflibercept) and Soliris® (eculizumab) IPR and BPCIA Litigation Updates, December 31, 2023), in...more
On January 28, 2024 Celltrion announced the submission to the FDA of an aBLA for CT-P47, a proposed biosimilar of Genentech’s Actemra® (tocilizumab). This is the third publicly announced aBLA filing for an...more
On January 3, 2024, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Alexion Pharma International Operations Ltd. (collectively, “Alexion”) filed a BPCIA litigation in the District of Delaware (Case No. 1-24-cv-00005 (D. Del.)) against...more
On December 8, 2023, the PTAB instituted three of Samsung Bioepis’s pending IPRs against Alexion’s Soliris® (eculizumab), IPR2023-00933, IPR2023-00998, and IPR2023-00999. The challenged patents include composition of matter,...more
There has been a flurry of activity relating to proposed EYLEA® (aflibercept) biosimilars in November, starting with a BPCIA litigation against Celltrion’s proposed biosimilar CT-P42 filed on November 8, 2023, Case No....more
On November 22, 2023, Biocon Biologics Inc. (“Biocon”) submitted a Petition for Inter Partes Review of claims 1-34 of U.S. Patent No. 10,961,307 (“the ’307 patent”), assigned to Janssen Biotech, Inc. (“Janssen”), requesting...more
Inter Partes reviews (IPRs) and post grant reviews (PGRs) are procedures for challenging the validity of patents at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO). IPRs and PGRs went into effect as a result of the America Invents...more