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Humira® Biosimilar Yuflyma® (adalimumab-aaty) Designated as Interchangeable

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On April 14, 2025, Celltrion announced that the FDA designated Yuflyma® (adalimumab-aaty) as an interchangeable biosimilar of AbbVie’s Humira® (adalimumab). Yuflyma® is a high-concentration (100mg/mL) citrate-free...more

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Antitrust and Competition Life Sciences Quarterly Update Q2 2024

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To date, 2024 has not yet seen the type of mega-merger (Pfizer/Seagen) or level of agency enforcement (Sanofi/Maze or Amgen/Horizon) as 2023. But two notable investigations — one still active — show the Federal Trade...more

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FDA Acting Commissioner of Food and Drugs Seeks Collaboration Between FDA and USPTO to Address Pharmaceutical Patent-Related...

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On September 10, 2021, Janet Woodcock, Acting Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), sent a letter to Andrew Hirshfeld, Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), which raised several of...more

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Biosimilars in 2020: What’s Ahead

The Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 (BPCIA) was passed as part of health reform signed into law by President Obama in March 2010. This year, the BPCIA turns 10. While the U.S. Biosimilars Pathway has...more

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Biosimilar Litigation Trends and Lessons Learned in 2019

It has been nearly 10 years since the U.S. Biosimilars Pathway (the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act) was enacted. The first biosimilar product in U.S. history was approved and launched in 2015. Ten biosimilars...more

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FDA Approves Pfizer’s Adalimumab Biosimilar ABRILADA

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On November 15, the FDA approved Pfizer’s Humira® biosimilar, ABRILADA (adalimumab-afzb). The acting director of the Office of Therapeutic Biologics and Biosimilars in the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Sarah...more

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Abbvie and Adalimumab Biosimilar Manufacturers Face Class-Action Lawsuit Alleging Antitrust Violations Related to Patent...

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On March 18, 2019, UFCW Local 1500 Welfare Fund, a New-York based grocery union, filed a putative class-action lawsuit against AbbVie and seven adalimumab biosimilar manufacturers alleging misconduct and antitrust violations...more

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Updates On Discovery Rulings in AbbVie v. BI Adalimumab Litigation

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We have covered the ongoing AbbVie v. Boehringer Ingelheim litigation concerning Boehringer Ingelheims’s (“BI’s”) aBLA for Cyltezo™ (adalimumab-adbm), a biosimilar version of AbbVie’s Humira® (adalimumab) product, including...more

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Q1 2018 Earnings Roundup: Biosimilars Update

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Over the past few weeks, numerous biologics and biosimilar companies released their quarterly earnings for Q1 2018 and held related earnings calls. Below are some highlights...more

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FDA Accepts Sandoz aBLA for Adalimumab Biosimilar

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Sandoz, a division of Novartis, announced on Tuesday that the FDA has accepted for review its BLA under the 351(k) pathway for a biosimilar candidate to AbbVie’s Humira (adalimumab). According to the press release, adalimumab...more

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Year in Review: The Top-Five U.S. Market Developments of 2017

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Here are our picks for the top-five most significant U.S. market developments in the world of biosimilars in 2017...more

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FDA Approves Boehringer Ingelheim’s Adalimumab Biosimilar

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Today, Boehringer Ingelheim received FDA approval for Cyltezo®, its biosimilar to AbbVie’s Humira® (adalimumab). Cyltezo® is approved for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, psoriatic...more

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New Biosimilar Litigation Reflects Benefits of Complying with BPCIA

On August 2, AbbVie sued Boehringer in the District of Delaware, alleging infringement of multiple patents related to AbbVie’s blockbuster biologic Humira (adalimumab). Though AbbVie has “more than 100 issued United States...more

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BPCIA Litigation Roundup (Spring 2017)

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Below is our spring update on the U.S. patent litigations concerning proposed or approved biosimilar products. For additional details, please consult our BPCIA Litigation Summary Chart or our previous quarterly updates...more

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FDA Denies AbbVie’s Citizen Petition on Interchangeability

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FDA has denied AbbVie’s Citizen Petition on interchangeability. Back in December 2015, AbbVie submitted a Citizen Petition to FDA requesting that the agency take certain actions regarding interchangeability standards for...more

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Biosimilars in Europe: 2016 Year in Review and What’s Ahead

Europe’s biosimilar market continues to develop, with biosimilars in new classes approved and pending in applications before the European Medicines Agency (EMA). 22 biosimilars are approved in eight different product classes...more

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Year In Review: The Top-Five U.S. Market Developments of 2016

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Here are our picks for the top-five most significant U.S. market developments in the world of biosimilars in 2016: The FDA approved three biosimilar products in 2016, compared to only one in 2015 — Sandoz’s Zarxio®, a...more

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FDA Issues Interim Response to AbbVie’s Citizen Petition on Interchangeability

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About 12 months ago, AbbVie filed a Citizen Petition asking the FDA to take certain steps to tighten and clarify its procedures for making interchangeability determinations. Earlier this year, both Sandoz and GPhA urged the...more

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ABBVIE V. AMGEN: Amgen Agrees To Comply With The BPCIA Notice Of Commercial Marketing Requirements

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Today, in the AbbVie v. Amgen adalumimab case, Judge Robinson entered a stipulated order that dismissed Count XI of AbbVie’s Complaint. With its Count XI, AbbVie sought an order compelling Amgen to comply with the “notice of...more

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Johnson & Johnson’s Drug Outperformed Humira in Final-Stage Psoriasis Study

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During the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology Congress in Vienna, Johnson & Johnson presented data on their experimental psoriasis drug, guselkumab. Guselkumab targets a protein, interleukin-23, which is...more

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Courts Answer Key Questions Over the Reach of the BPCIA

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Since the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 (BPCIA) was signed into law in 2010, only a small handful of abbreviated Biologics Licensing Applications (“aBLAs”) have been filed and of those the FDA has...more

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BREAKING NEWS: FDA Denies Citizen Petitions Regarding Biosimilar Labeling

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FDA denied citizen’s petitions from Abbvie, the UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust, and the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (“PhRMA”) and Biotechnology Industry Organization (“BIO”) trade associations...more

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FDA Advisory Panels Considering Approvals of Two Biosimilars This Week

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An FDA advisory panel unanimously voted to recommend approval of Amgen’s ABP501 biosimilar of AbbVie’s Humira (adalimumab) on July 12, 2016. Likewise, an FDA advisory panel is scheduled to consider approval of Sandoz’s...more

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Recent Court Cases Interpreting “Reverse Payments” Post-Actavis

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Patent settlement agreements were traditionally deemed outside the purview of antitrust scrutiny unless the patent holder’s conduct fell outside the legitimate scope of the patent’s exclusionary power. This all changed when...more

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FDA Issues Interim Response to PhRMA/BIO Joint Citizen Petition on Biosimilar Labeling

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As we previously reported, late last year the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) and Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) trade associations jointly submitted a Citizen Petition asking the FDA...more

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