Polsinelli Podcasts - FDA Denies Amgen Citizen Petition in Biosimilar Dispute
In the last week, Amgen, Inc and Amgen Manufacturing Ltd, LLC (“Amgen”) filed three more BPCIA complaints against companies seeking approval for a denosumab biosimilar. ...more
The U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down broad patent claims covering a “genus” of antibodies, reaffirming in a 9-0 decision that a patent must “enable” the full scope of its claims (Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi). Amgen, Inc.,...more
Some chemical innovators have found the recent Supreme Court decision in Amgen v. Sanofi to suggest that chemical inventions will be subject to new and draconian disclosure standards going forward. A few have even suggested...more
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Amgen v. Sanofi yesterday in an extended session with arguments from the parties and the U.S. government. The Justices showed a great deal of interest, albeit with some difficulty,...more
High Court Will Tackle Proper Enablement Standard - Constituting something of a surprise, the Supreme Court on Friday, November 3rd granted Amgen's petition for certiorari on the second of the Questions Presented in its...more
On petition for panel rehearing, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit stripped the phrase “applies only in exceptional cases and” from its previous opinion, but otherwise denied the petition. Amgen, Inc. v. Sandoz...more
The Federal Circuit in Amgen Inc. v. Coherus Biosciences Inc. affirmed a district court decision that once certain subject matter is clearly and unmistakably surrendered during prosecution, the patentee is barred from...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a summary judgment non-infringement ruling, finding that where both the claim language and the specification require that the disclosed steps be performed in the order...more
As we previously reported, Amgen is appealing the District Court’s decision to dismiss, with prejudice, Amgen’s patent infringement complaint against Coherus regarding its (recently approved) biosimilar of Neulasta®...more