Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 167: Dr. Ehsan Samei & Dr. Susan Halabi, Triangle CERSI
Podcast: Non-binding Guidance: FDA Regulatory and Patent Implications of the Transition Provision of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act
Drug Pricing Initiatives During the Trump Presidency
A changing competitive landscape: the role of the ITC in the biosimilars space
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
On April 22, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia entered a Stipulation and Order Vacating Permanent Injunction and Dismissing All Claims and Counterclaims with Prejudice in In re:...more
On April 15, 2025, Biocon announced it reached a settlement agreement with Regeneron, dismissing CAFC Appeal No. 24-2002 and Case No. 1:22-cv-00061 (N.D.W. Va.) / MDL 1:24-md-03103 (N.D.W. Va.) and allowing the...more
On April 10, 2025, Biocon announced the FDA approval of Jobevne™ (bevacizumab-nwgd) as the sixth biosimilar of Genentech’s Avastin® (bevacizumab)...more
On April 10, 2025, Biocon Biologics Ltd. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved JOBEVNE™ (bevacizumab-nwgd), a new bevacizumab biosimilar referencing Genentech’s AVASTIN®. JOBEVNE™ is a...more
The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Use Products (CHMP) recently recommended approval of six new biosimilars....more
Approval of Accord’s Trastuzumab Biosimilar: On September 18, 2024, Accord announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a 420 mg dosage of HERCESSI (trastuzumab-strf), a biosimilar to Genentech’s HERCEPTIN...more
On February 29, Biocon Biologics Ltd announced that it signed a settlement and license agreement with Janssen Biotech Inc. and Johnson & Johnson (“J&J”) regarding Bmab 1200, Biocon’s proposed biosimilar to STELARA....more
On March 4, Biocon Biologics Ltd. announced it has signed a settlement agreement with Bayer Inc. and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. regarding YESAFILI, Biocon’s proposed biosimilar to EYLEA (aflibercept)....more
Appeals from and redacted memorandum and opinion in support of judgment in Regeneron v. Mylan (aflibercept) BPCIA case filed - As we previously reported, trial in Regeneron Pharmaceutical, Inc.’s BPCIA case against Mylan...more
Approval of Fresenius Kabi’s Tocilizumab Biosimilar in the EU: On September 19, 2023, Fresenius Kabi announced that the European Commission (EC) granted marketing authorization for TYENNE (tocilizumab), a biosimilar...more
Trial in Regeneron’s BPCIA case against Biocon regarding Biocon’s proposed aflibercept biosimilar concluded on June 15, 2023 in the Northern District of West Virginia. As we previously reported, the case was expedited, with...more
In the last week, seven adalimumab biosimilars referencing HUMIRA entered the U.S. market: Boehringer Ingelheim’s CYLTEZO (adalimumab-adbm); Sandoz’s HYRIMOZ (adalimumab-adaz); Organon and Samsung Bioepis’s HADLIMA...more
As we previously reported, Biocon Biologics Ltd. (a subsidiary of Biocon Ltd.) announced its intent to acquire the global biosimilars business of its long-term partner Viatris, Inc. This week, Biocon confirmed completion of...more
On August 31, 2022, Biocon Biologics released a statement regarding three recent on-site FDA inspections of seven manufacturing facilities spanning two sites in Bengaluru, India and one site in Johor, Malaysia. The...more
Biocon Biologics, a subsidiary of Biocon, announced today that it has signed an agreement with Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) to develop advanced cancer therapies for patients in 25 countries in Africa and 5...more
The FDA has deferred its decision on the biologics license application for MYL-1402O, Mylan and Biocon’s biosimilar to Avastin® (bevacizumab). In a December 25th, 2020 company statement, Biocon cited the FDA’s need for more...more
Last week, Biocon Ltd announced the approval of approximately a 150 million USD capital injunction from Goldman Sachs. Dr. Christian Hamacher, CEO, Biocon Biologics, said, “This capital injection by Goldman Sachs will enable...more
We previously reported FDA approval of Mylan and Biocon’s NDA for SEMGLEE (insulin glargine injection). Today, Mylan and Biocon announced the launch of SEMGLEE for the U.S. market. SEMGLEE is a biosimilar of LANTUS, Sanofi’s...more
Multiple biosimilar developers recently released statements regarding potential regulatory delays facing their biosimilars or follow-on biologics. ...more
Yesterday, Mylan N.V. and Biocon Ltd. announced the U.S. launch of OGIVRI (trastuzumab-dkst), a biosimilar to HERCEPTIN (trastuzumab). According to the press release, “OGIVRI™ is approved for all indications of...more
As we previously reported, on June 4, 2018, the U.S. FDA approved Mylan and Biocon’s Fulphila™ (pegfilgrastim-jmdb) as the first biosimilar of Neulasta® to obtain approval in the United States. Mylan stated at the time that...more
Last week Biocon announced that it has received EU GMP certification for its biosimilars facility in Bangalore, after an inspection by European agencies this past March. Biocon’s Bangalore biosimilar facilities were also...more
Biocon announced yesterday that it has received marketing authorization approval from the European Commission for Semglee™ (insulin glargine). The decision came after receiving a positive recommendation by the Committee for...more
Last week, Sandoz announced a new collaboration with Asian biopharmaceutical company Biocon to “to develop, manufacture and commercialize multiple biosimilars in immunology and oncology for patients worldwide. Under the terms...more