Polsinelli Podcasts - FDA Denies Amgen Citizen Petition in Biosimilar Dispute
The Federal Court has granted Alexion a declaration of infringement and an injunction preventing Amgen from manufacturing, using, and selling its proposed biosimilar eculizumab product, BEKEMV, in Canada until the expiration...more
As previously reported, Amgen sought leave to appeal a decision of the Federal Court of Appeal (2020 FCA 188) affirming Justice Southcott’s decision that the relevant claims of its filgrastim (NEUPOGEN) patent were invalid...more
On May 4, 2021, Amgen Canada announced the launch of their adalimumab biosimilar AMGEVITA (reference drug HUMIRA) for the treatment of 11 chronic inflammatory conditions. AMGEVITA is available as a prefilled syringe and a...more
UPDATE: On July 9, 2021, the Supreme Court of Canada denied Amgen’s leave to appeal (see article here). On November 3, 2020, the Federal Court of Appeal heard and dismissed the appeal of the first trial decision under the...more
In public reasons released on July 30, 2018, the Federal Court dismissed the first motion for summary dismissal brought under section 6.08 of the amended Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations (PMNOC...more
Federal Court of Appeal opines on the framework for analyzing obviousness-type double-patenting - On November 4, 2016, the Federal Court of Appeal dismissed Apotex’s appeal in Apotex Inc v Eli Lilly Canada Inc, 2016 FCA...more
According to Business Wire, on September 12, 2016, Samsung Bioepis announced that it has added Canada to its growing list of jurisdictions in which it has received regulatory approval for its biosimilar of Amgen’s Enbrel®...more