On July 16, 2025, Bio-Thera Solutions, Ltd. (“Bio-Thera”) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) had accepted its Biologics License Application (“BLA”) for its golimumab biosimilar, BAT2506, referencing...more
On March 17, 2025, Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), John Cornyn (R-TX), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Richard Durbin (D-IL) re-introduced the “Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act” (“APPA”), which previously passed the...more
On November 30, 2023, Celltrion announced that it filed for an abbreviated Biologics License Application (aBLA) for FDA approval of CT-P41 (denosumab), a proposed biosimilar of Amgen’s Prolia® / Xgeva® (denosumab)...more
As is the tradition here at Health Law & Policy Matters, towards the end of the year we take stock of what transpired in our respective industries and highlight important legal, regulatory, and business developments. For...more
On December 14, the Federal Circuit issued a decision that further clarifies the ground rules for disclosures of product information by manufacturers of biosimilar pharmaceutical products. In particular, the Federal Circuit...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
The first biosimilar makers to file regulatory applications with FDA attempted to bypass all or a subset of the patent litigation provisions of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 (BPCIA). Apotex, the...more
As we have been reporting this week, the Federal Circuit handed down its decision in Amgen Inc. v. Sandoz Inc. -- a case of first impression relating to the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act ("BPCIA") for...more