On July 30, 2025, Moderna announced that the European Commission (EC) granted marketing authorization for the updated formulation of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine Spikevax®. The updated vaccine targets the LP.8.1 variant of...more
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On May 27, 2025, Fresenius Kabi (“Fresenius”) announced that the EMA’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (“CHMP”) had issued positive opinions for Fresenius’s two denosumab biosimilar candidates....more
On April 16, 2025, EmblemHealth, Inc. (“Emblem”) filed a class action suit in the District Court for the District of Massachusetts against Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Alexion Pharma International Operations Ltd....more
On February 5, 2025 Valneva SE (“Valneva”) announced that the United Kingdom’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) granted marketing authorization for Valneva’s chikungunya vaccine, IXCHIQ. ...more
The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Use Products (CHMP) recently recommended approval of six new biosimilars....more
On November 8, 2024 Autolus, Inc. (“Autolus”) announced that the FDA has approved AUCATZYL (obecabtagene autoleucel) for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic...more
On October 4, 2024, Amgen filed a BPCIA complaint in the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division against Fresenius Kabi related to Fresenius Kabi’s proposed biosimilar of Amgen’s PROLIA and...more
As we have previously reported, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) changed the government’s treatment of certain prescription drugs under the Medicare program by directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to...more
On July 23, 2024, the FDA issued a draft guidance entitled “Postapproval Manufacturing Changes to Biosimilar and Interchangeable Biosimilar Products Questions and Answers.”...more
As we previously reported, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Alexion Pharma International Operations Ltd. (collectively, “Alexion”) sued Samsung Bioepis Co. Ltd. (“Samsung”) in January 2024 in the U.S. District Court...more
On April 15, 2024, Fresenius Kabi announced the U.S. launch of its ACTEMRA biosimilar, TYENNE (tocilizumab-aazg) as an intravenous formulation...more
On March 7, Fresenius Kabi announced that the FDA has approved its tocilizumab biosimilar, TYENNE (tocilizumab-aazg) for inflammatory and immune diseases indications including rheumatoid arthritis, giant cell...more
On October 23, 2023, Celltrion announced FDA approval for ZYMFENTRA (infliximab-dyyb), a subcutaneous formulation for maintenance therapy for patients with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease....more
As we previously reported, in July 2023 Genentech, Inc., Hoffmann-LaRoche, Inc., and Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (collectively, “Genentech”) filed BPCIA litigation against Biogen MA Inc. and Bio-Thera Solutions,...more
In August 2023, the Food and Drug Administration issued two draft guidance, both related to the development of biosimilar products, entitled “Formal Meetings between the FDA and Sponsors or Applicants of BsUFA Products” and...more
As we have previously reported, Regeneron’s BPCIA case against Mylan regarding Mylan’s proposed aflibercept biosimilar is proceeding on an expedited schedule, with a two-week trial scheduled to begin on June 12, 2023, in the...more
On January 6, 2023, Genentech and Tanvex reached a settlement in principle to resolve all claims with respect to Genentech’s BCPIA complaint. As we previously reported, Genentech filed a complaint against Tanvex in June 2022,...more