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
On July 16, 2025, Bio-Thera Solutions, Ltd. (“Bio-Thera”) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) had accepted its Biologics License Application (“BLA”) for its golimumab biosimilar, BAT2506, referencing...more
On May 5, 2025, Teva and Alvotech announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved SELARSDI (ustekinumab-aekn) injection as an interchangeable biosimilar to the reference product STELARA (ustekinumab)....more
On April 7, 2025, Teva Pharmaceuticals and Samsung Bioepis Co., Ltd. announced the U.S. launch of EPYSQLI® (eculizumab-aagh), a biosimilar referencing Alexion Pharmaceuticals’ SOLIRIS®....more
On February 18, 2025, Alvotech and Teva announced the FDA acceptance of an aBLA for AVT06 (aflibercept), a proposed biosimilar of Regeneron’s EYLEA® (aflibercept). This aBLA joins Celltrion’s CT-P42 (aflibercept) awaiting...more
On February 18, 2025, Alvotech and Teva Pharmaceuticals (“Teva”) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review a Biologics License Application (BLA) for AVT06, a proposed biosimilar to...more
On January 27, 2025, Alvotech and Teva announced the FDA acceptance of an aBLA for AVT05, a proposed biosimilar of Janssen’s Simponi® / Simponi Aria® (golimumab)....more
On October 22, 2024, Alvotech and Teva announced that SELARSDI™ (ustekinumab-aekn) received FDA approval for a new presentation, 130 mg/26 mL (5 mg/mL) solution in a single-dose vial for intravenous infusion....more
According to an April 2024 press release, Alvotech and Teva’s Selarsdi™ (ustekinumab-aekn) was approved by the FDA on April 16 as a biosimilar of Janssen / Johnson & Johnson’s Stelara® (ustekinumab). ...more
Earlier this week, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Teva) announced that the UK Medicines & Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA) approved ONGAVIA, a ranibizumab biosimilar referencing Genentech’s LUCENTIS. Ranibizumab...more
Skinny labels are back in focus at the White House. On September 9, 2021, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services submitted its much-anticipated report to the White House Competition Counsel regarding a...more
On August 5, 2021, the Federal Circuit withdrew its October 2020 opinion in GSK v. Teva, summarized in this post on induced infringement of method-of-treatment claims, and issued an opinion that reiterated the prior holding...more
This week, three development programs announced updates to their ranibizumab biosimilars. Ranibizumab is the active ingredient in Genentech’s LUCENTIS, which is indicated for retinal vascular disorders, including neovascular...more
In GlaxoSmithKline LLC v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., the Federal Circuit reinstated a jury's verdict that Teva infringed GSK's patented method of using its Coreg® drug product, even though Teva's product was initially...more
Today Alvotech and Teva announced that they have entered into an exclusive strategic partnership for the commercialization of five biosimilar candidates in the U.S. Under the partnership agreement, Alvotech will be...more
Teva and Celltrion announced yesterday that their HERZUMA (trastuzumab-pkrb) for Injection, a biosimilar to HERCEPTIN, was available in the U.S. The biosimilar has the same indications as the reference product, and will be...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
On November 7, Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., and Celltrion, Inc., announced that TRUXIMA® (rituximab-abbs) will be available in the United States beginning November 11. As we previously reported, TRUXIMA® is the first...more
Federal Court of Appeal requires PMPRB to re-determine whether patent ‘pertains to’ Galderma’s DIFFERIN - On June 28, 2019, the Federal Court of Appeal granted the appeal of the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB...more
On July 31, Express Scripts identified new formulary exclusions that will go into effect on January 1, 2018. For example, Amgen’s rG-CSF product, NEUPOGEN, will be excluded in favor of Teva’s rG-CSF product, GRANIX, and...more