Polsinelli Podcasts - FDA Denies Amgen Citizen Petition in Biosimilar Dispute
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
The U.S. Supreme Court on May 18, 2023 delivered its decision on the scope of the patent enablement requirement, set forth in 35 U.S.C. § 112, in the antibody dispute Amgen, Inc. v. Sanofi. While the parties obtained...more
An en banc rehearing petition to the Federal Circuit seeks to breathe life back into the widespread practice of patenting a genus of compounds by claiming their common functional characteristics. This claiming practice was...more
Pfizer’s proposed biosimilar of Amgen’s Epogen® and Johnson & Johnson’s Procrit® (epoetin alfa) is poised to be the first erythropoietin (EPO) biosimilar in the U.S. FDA staff recommended approval of Pfizer’s product as a...more
The 2015 BIO International Convention begins in two weeks in Philadelphia. For the past few years, we have provided a series of previews with the goal of making the large amount of information and opportunities available at...more
As reported in Fierce Biotech earlier today, Amgen announced the results of a Phase III clinical trial of its biosimilar drug (designated ABP 501) for moderate-to-sever plaque psoriasis conducted in comparison with adalimumab...more