Biosimilar Litigations include litigations relating to biosimilar/follow-on products of CDER-listed reference products. Litigations between biosimilar applicants/manufacturers and reference product sponsors as well as...more
Here are our picks of some legal developments to keep an eye out for in the new year: 1. Etanercept biosimilar trial decision – This past September, in the Immunex v. Sandoz BPCIA patent litigation concerning Sandoz’s...more
Amgen, Sandoz, Samsung and Mylan all launched adalimumab biosimilars in Europe this past October. On October 16, 2018, Amgen has announced that its adalimumab biosimilar AMGEVITA launched in European markets....more
The FDA announced today that it has approved Sandoz’s biosimilar Hyrimoz (adalimumab-adaz). The FDA had previously approved adalimumab biosimilars from Amgen and Boehringer Ingelheim....more
On October 11, 2018, AbbVie and Sandoz announced that they reached a global resolution of all intellectual property-related litigation concerning Sandoz’s Hyrimoz™, a proposed biosimilar of Humira® (adalimumab). According to...more
Today, AbbVie sued Sandoz regarding its proposed biosimilar to HUMIRA (adalimumab) in the District of New Jersey. The suit alleges infringement under the BPCIA of U.S. Patent Nos. 9,187,559 and 9,750,808. The ‘559 patent is...more
Sandoz, a division of Novartis, announced on Tuesday that the FDA has accepted for review its BLA under the 351(k) pathway for a biosimilar candidate to AbbVie’s Humira (adalimumab). According to the press release, adalimumab...more
Sandoz has filed two petitions for IPR challenging Abbvie patents related to use of an antibody identified in the petitions as Humira® (adalimumab): IPR2017-01987 challenging U.S. Patent 8,911,737, directed to methods of...more
Sandoz has filed a petition for inter partes review of AbbVie’s U.S. Patent No. 8,802,100 (IPR2017-01823), which claims stable formulations of an anti-TNFa antibody identified in the petition as Humira® (adalimumab). Sandoz...more
Europe’s biosimilar market continues to develop, with biosimilars in new classes approved and pending in applications before the European Medicines Agency (EMA). 22 biosimilars are approved in eight different product classes...more
Here are our picks for the top-five most significant U.S. market developments in the world of biosimilars in 2016: The FDA approved three biosimilar products in 2016, compared to only one in 2015 — Sandoz’s Zarxio®, a...more
Since the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 (BPCIA) was signed into law in 2010, only a small handful of abbreviated Biologics Licensing Applications (“aBLAs”) have been filed and of those the FDA has...more
An FDA advisory panel unanimously voted to recommend approval of Amgen’s ABP501 biosimilar of AbbVie’s Humira (adalimumab) on July 12, 2016. Likewise, an FDA advisory panel is scheduled to consider approval of Sandoz’s...more
In 2015, FDA issued a number of final guidance documents for biosimilars. But many fundamental questions remain unsettled and the industry awaits FDA’s guidance on labeling of biosimilars, the requirements for...more
On November 23, 2015, a group of fifteen institutional investors submitted a citizen petition to the FDA regarding biosimilar labeling (“Investors’ Citizen Petition”). The group includes investors from the public sector and...more
One of the FDA’s recent biosimilar guidance documents has drawn criticism for eliminating labeling information necessary for physicians to make prescribing decisions. The guidance document, titled, “Scientific Considerations...more