Polsinelli Podcasts - FDA Denies Amgen Citizen Petition in Biosimilar Dispute
On June 2, 2025, Sandoz announced that WYOST® (denosumab-bbdz) and Jubbonti® (denosumab-bbdz) are now available to patients in the United States. ...more
On October 31, 2023, the FDA approved Amgen’s Wezlana™ (ustekinumab-auub) as the first biosimilar and interchangeable of Johnson & Johnson / Janssen’s Stelara® (ustekinumab). In May 2023, Amgen and Janssen settled their...more
As we start the new year, we look back at the top U.S. biosimilar market developments of 2019. Here are some of our highlights, in no particular order...more
With the U.S. biosimilar pathway created by the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA) now fully up and running, there are now seven ongoing biosimilar litigations in the U.S. Here are brief updates on recent...more
In July, a divided Federal Circuit issued a ruling in the Amgen Inc. et al. v. Sandoz Inc., Case No. 2015-1499 appeal and held: (1) the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act’s (“BPCIA’s”) “patent dance” provisions...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
On July 21, 2015, the Federal Circuit issued a key decision regarding the meaning of various provisions of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA). See Amgen Inc. v. Sandoz Inc., Fed. Cir. Case No....more
In Amgen v. Sandoz, Fed. Cir., No. 15-1499 (July 21, 2015), a divided panel of the Federal Circuit issued its first decision interpreting the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA), and did so in a manner that...more
In a closely-watched case between Amgen and Sandoz regarding the first biosimilar approved (Zarxio), the Federal Circuit interpreted key Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA) provisions regarding Sandoz's...more
On March 6, 2015, the U.S. FDA announced that it had approved Zarxio, making Sandoz the first company ever to obtain approval of a biosimilar product in the U.S. The FDA deemed Zarxio to be biosimilar to Amgen’s Neupogen...more
As noted in our previous client alert, FDA Accepts First Biosimilar Application Filed under Section 351(k) of the Public Health Service Act, Sandoz Inc. (“Sandoz”) filed the first biosimilar application under the Biologics...more
Amgen, Inc. (“Amgen”) has brought the discussion of the procedure for biosimilar applications from the courts to the FDA by filing a Citizen Petition (Docket No. FDA-2014-P-1771) on October 29, 2014 (“Petition”) requesting...more
The United States District Court for the Northern District of California ruled November 12, 2013, that a party seeking to obtain approval of a biosimilar could not avoid the process set forth in the Biologics Price...more