EpiPen RICO Ruling Opens Door for Private AKS Enforcement
Biosimilar Litigations include litigations relating to biosimilar/follow-on products of CDER-listed reference products. Litigations between biosimilar applicants/manufacturers and reference product sponsors as well as...more
The 10th anniversary of the U.S. biosimilar pathway the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 (BPCIA) is quickly approaching and marks an expansion of the U.S. biosimilar market. The BPCIA, signed into law...more
Orders of prohibition relating to polymorphic form patent for PRISTIQ upheld on appeal - As previously reported, the Federal Court, in a pair of decisions, granted orders prohibiting Apotex and Teva from marketing their...more
Below is a roundup of several recently published comparative studies between biosimilars and reference biologics. In a study presented at the American Society of Hematology’s 59th Annual meeting, the authors concluded that...more
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
On Thursday, July 13, 2017, FDA’s Oncological Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) unanimously recommended approval of biosimilars of two blockbuster cancer drugs. The first, Amgen and Allergan’s ABP-215, is a proposed biosimilar...more
It has been four years since the first inter partes review proceedings were filed in the United States. The first IPR petition, filed on September 16, 2012 (the first day IPRs became available), made it all the way to the...more
As we previously reported, over the past year several petitions requesting Inter Partes Review (IPR) of patents that claim foundational inventions for biologic drug production were filed. Here we discuss the scope of two of...more
A recent court ruling and a new publication on guidelines for biosimilars in India may offer further guidance on what biosimilar and biologic stakeholders can expect from Indian regulatory authorities. In late March,...more