Amgen announced during its Q3 2024 Earnings Call that it had launched Pavblu™ (aflibercept-ayyh) as the first biosimilar of Regeneron’s EYLEA® (aflibercept) to be marketed in the U.S....more
On October 30, 2024, Organon announced the FDA acceptance of its aBLA for HLX14, a proposed biosimilar of Amgen’s Prolia® / Xgeva® (denosumab). Organon licensed the commercialization rights for HLX14 in the U.S. from Shanghai...more
On October 10, 2024, the FDA approved Accord BioPharma’s Imuldosa™ (ustekinumab-srlf), the fifth biosimilar of Janssen / Johnson & Johnson’s Stelara® (ustekinumab). Imuldosa™ was developed by Dong-A ST in collaboration with...more
Etanercept Challenged Claim Types in IPR and Litigation: Claims include those challenged in litigations and IPRs. Claims are counted in each litigation and IPR, so claims from the same patent challenged in multiple...more
On September 27, 2024, the FDA approved a fourth biosimilar of Janssen / Johnson & Johnson’s Stelara® (ustekinumab): Fresenius Kabi and Formycon’s Otulfi™ (ustekinumab-aauz). Fresenius and Formycon announced Oltufi™’s...more
On August 23, 2024, the FDA approved Amgen’s Pavblu™ (aflibercept-ayyh) as the fifth biosimilar of Regeneron’s EYLEA® (aflibercept). Pavblu™ was approved with a skinny label that includes neovascular (wet) age-related macular...more
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8/27/2024
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On August 12, 2024, Sandoz announced the FDA approval of Enzeevu™ (aflibercept-abzv) as the fourth biosimilar of Regeneron’s EYLEA® (aflibercept). Enzeevu™ was approved as provisionally interchangeable, subject to the...more
Insulin Glargine Challenged Claim Types in IPR and Litigation: Claims include those challenged in litigations and IPRs. Claims are counted in each litigation and IPR, so claims from the same patent challenged in multiple...more
On July 24, 2024, Bio-Thera Solutions announced the FDA acceptance of its aBLA for BAT2206 (ustekinumab), a proposed biosimilar of Janssen and Johnson & Johnson’s Stelara® (ustekinumab), with a request for interchangeability....more
On July 19, 2024, the FDA approved the second biosimilar of Alexion / AstraZeneca’s Soliris® (eculizumab), Samsung Bioepis’s Epysqli® (eculizumab-aagh), approximately one year after Samsung Bioepis announced the FDA...more
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7/10/2024
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On June 28, 2024, the FDA approved three new biosimilars, Formycon and Klinge Biopharma’s Ahzantive® (aflibercept-mrbb), a biosimilar of Regeneron’s EYLEA® (aflibercept); Tanvex Biopharma’s Nypozi™ (filgrastim-txid), a...more
On June 20, 2024, the FDA issued a draft guidance, “Considerations for Demonstrating Interchangeability with a Reference Product: Update” that revises the need for switching studies to demonstrate a biosimilar is...more
Pegfilgrastim Challenged Claim Types in IPR and Litigation: Claims include those challenged in litigations and IPRs. Claims are counted in each litigation and IPR, so claims from the same patent challenged in multiple...more
Etanercept Challenged Claim Types in IPR and Litigation: Claims include those challenged in litigations and IPRs. Claims are counted in each litigation and IPR, so claims from the same patent challenged in multiple...more
Trastuzumab Challenged Claim Types in IPR and Litigation: Claims include those challenged in litigations and IPRs. Claims are counted in each litigation and IPR, so claims from the same patent challenged in multiple...more
*Adalimumab Challenged Claim Types in IPR and Litigation: Claims include those challenged in litigations and IPRs. Claims are counted in each litigation and IPR, so claims from the same patent challenged in multiple...more
On June 11, 2024, the Court in Case No. 1:22-cv-00061 (N.D.W. Va.) / MDL 1:24-md-03103 (N.D.W. Va.) issued a permanent injunction against the launch of Biocon and Mylan’s Yesafili™ (aflibercept-jbvf), a recently approved...more
On May 28, 2024, the FDA approved Amgen’s Bkemv™ (eculizumab-aeeb), the first interchangeable biosimilar of Alexion’s Soliris® (eculizumab). Bkemv™ was approved with a skinny label for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria...more
On May 27, 2024, Fresenius Kabi announced the FDA acceptance of its aBLA for FKS518 (denosumab), a proposed biosimilar of Amgen’s Prolia® / Xgeva® (denosumab). ...more
On May 20, 2024, the FDA approved the first two interchangeable biosimilars of Regeneron’s EYLEA® (aflibercept) – Biocon Biologics and Mylan’s Yesafili™ (aflibercept-jbvf) and Samsung Bioepis’s Opuviz™ (aflibercept-yszy). ...more
*Trastuzumab Challenged Claim Types in IPR and Litigation: Claims include those challenged in litigations and IPRs. Claims are counted in each litigation and IPR, so claims from the same patent challenged in multiple...more
Etanercept Challenged Claim Types in IPR and Litigation: Claims include those challenged in litigations and IPRs. Claims are counted in each litigation and IPR, so claims from the same patent challenged in multiple...more
Pegfilgrastim Challenged Claim Types in IPR and Litigation: Claims include those challenged in litigations and IPRs. Claims are counted in each litigation and IPR, so claims from the same patent challenged in multiple...more