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Sandoz Launches Jubbonti® / Wyost® (denosumab-bbdz) as First Prolia® / Xgeva® Interchangeable Biosimilars

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On June 2, 2025, Sandoz announced the launch of Jubbonti® / Wyost® (denosumab-bbdz), the first Prolia® / Xgeva® (denosumab) interchangeable biosimilars to launch in the U.S....more

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Prolia® / Xgeva® (denosumab) Biosimilar Updates: Celltrion Biosimilar Approval, Amneal aBLA Filing, and Fresenius Kabi Litigation...

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On February 28, 2025, the FDA approved Celltrion’s Stoboclo® / Osenvelt® (denosumab-bmwo) as the third company to receive FDA approval of biosimilars of Amgen’s Prolia® / Xgeva® (denosumab). ...more

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Recent Biosimilar Approvals By the FDA

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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

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EYLEA® Biosimilar Updates: Sandoz’s Enzeevu™ (aflibercept-abzv) FDA Approved, Regeneron Dismisses IPR Appeals

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On August 12, 2024, Sandoz announced the FDA approval of Enzeevu™ (aflibercept-abzv) as the fourth biosimilar of Regeneron’s EYLEA® (aflibercept).  Enzeevu™ was approved as provisionally interchangeable, subject to the...more

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The First Prolia® / Xgeva® Biosimilar Approvals in the U.S.

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On March 5, 2024, the FDA approved Sandoz’s Jubbonti® and Wyost® (denosumab-bddz) as the first biosimilars of Amgen’s Prolia® and Xgeva® (denosumab). The launch date for these biosimilars has not been announced as Amgen and...more

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Sandoz Announces Approval for Biosimilar Hyrimoz® (adalimumab-adaz)

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On March 21, 2023, Sandoz, announced FDA approval of its citrate-free high-concentration formulation (HCF) of its biosimilar HYRIMOZ® (adalimumab-adaz) injection....more

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Sandoz & Polpharma Announce FDA and EMA Acceptance of Applications for Natalizumab Biosimilar

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Sandoz announced this week that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the first-ever biologics license application (BLA) for a proposed natalizumab biosimilar to Biogen’s TYSABRI®. The proposed natalizumab...more

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U.S. Biosimilar Launches: Mylan/Biocon’s Trastuzumab, Sandoz’s Pegfilgrastim

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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

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Allergan Sales, LLC v. Sandoz. Inc.

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Case Name: Allergan Sales, LLC v. Sandoz. Inc., Nos. 2017-1499, 2017-1500, 2017-1558, 2017-1559, 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 26312 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 22, 2017) (Circuit Judges Moore, Mayer, and Hughes presiding; Opinion by Hughes, J.)...more

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US Biosimilar Approvals Soar in 2017

Marketing approval for US biosimilars has taken off in 2017. FDA has approved five biosimilar products this year, increasing the number of approved biosimilars from four to nine. In addition to new biosimilars of AbbVie’s...more

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Millennium Pharms., Inc. v. Sandoz Inc.

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Case Name: Millennium Pharms., Inc. v. Sandoz Inc., Nos. 2015-2066, 2016-1008, -1009, -1010, -1109, -1110, -1283, -1762, 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 12702 (Fed. Cir. July 17, 2017) (Circuit Judges Newman, Mayer, and O’Malley...more

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Sandoz Announces New Data For Its Adalimumab Biosimilar

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Last week, Sandoz announced new data reportedly showing that its proposed adalimumab biosimilar matches the safety and efficacy profile of Humira®. The data was obtained from a long term study of patients with...more

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Teva Pharms. USA, Inc. v. Sandoz Inc.

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Case Name: Teva Pharms. USA, Inc. v. Sandoz Inc., Civ. No. 17-275(FLW), 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 78002 (D.N.J. May 23, 2017) (Wolfson, J.)....more

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Sandoz: Etanercept biosimilar switch has no impact on safety and efficacy

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Novartis announced on Friday that the EGALITY study, analyzing the clinical safety and efficacy of Sandoz’s etanercept biosimilar, was published in the British Journal of Dermatology. The 52-week EGALITY study involved...more

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Allergan Sales, LLC v. Sandoz, Inc.

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Case Name: Allergan Sales, LLC v. Sandoz, Inc., No. 12-cv-207-JRG, 15-cv-347-JRG, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 135088 (E.D. Tex. Sept. 30, 2016) (Gilstrap, J.) - Drug Product and Patent(s)-in-Suit: Combigan® (brimonidine...more

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Spectrum Pharms., Inc. v. Burwell

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Case Name: Spectrum Pharms., Inc. v. Burwell, No. 15-5166, 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 10095 (D.C. Cir. June 3, 2016) (Circuit Judges Griffith, Cavanaugh, and Wilkins presiding; Opinion by Griffith) (Appeal from D.D.C., Lamberth,...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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FDA Panel Shows Strong Support for a Remicade Biosimilar

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The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDAs) Arthritis Advisory Committee gave a thumbs up to a biosimilar copy of Johnson & Johnson’s Remicade product, an inflammation blocker used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, on...more

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Enbrel Biosimilar in Europe and US

On November 19, 2015, the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) gave a positive opinion, recommending marketing authorization of Benepali, the first biosimilar of Enbrel...more

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Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. v. Sandoz Inc.

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Case Name: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. v. Sandoz Inc., Civ. No. 3:12-cv-03289-PGS-LHG, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 113710 (D.N.J. Aug. 27, 2015) (Sheridan, J.) - Drug Product and Patent(s)-in-Suit: Emend® (fosaprepitant...more

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BPCIA Statute: Has the Music Stopped or Will the Patent Dance Continue?

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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

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Allergan, Inc., v. Sandoz Inc.

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Case Name: Allergan, Inc., v. Sandoz Inc., Civ. No. 2014-1275, 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 13616 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 4, 2015) (Circuit Judges Lourie, Linn, and Hughes presiding; Opinion by Lourie, J.) (Appeal from E.D. Tex., Schneider,...more

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FDA’s Proposal for Naming Biosimilars Pleases Some, Disappoints Others

The Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 (BPCIA) created an abbreviated pathway for the approval of biosimilar biological products, but is silent on how to name them. The nonproprietary naming of...more

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Sandoz’s Zarxio® Launches with 15% Wholesale Discount

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On September 3, 2015, Sandoz Inc. (“Sandoz”) announced that it launched the first biosimilar in the United States, Zarxio® (filgrastim-sndz). Sandoz began marketing Zarxio® following a Federal Circuit Order to permit it to...more

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Spectrum Pharms., Inc. v. Burwell

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Case Name: Spectrum Pharms., Inc. v. Burwell, Civ. No. 15-631 (RCL), 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 73218 (D.D.C. May 27, 2015) (Lamberth, J.) - Drug Product and Patent(s)-in-Suit: Fusilev® (levoleucovorin); N/A - Nature of...more

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