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Lupin Announces Licensing Deal with Sandoz for Ranibizumab Biosimilar

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On August 12, 2025, Lupin Limited (“Lupin”) announced that it has partnered with Sandoz Group AG (“Sandoz”) to market and commercialize Lupin’s biosimilar ranibizumab across multiple regions. Ranibizumab is a recombinant...more

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Spotlight On: Neulasta® (pegfilgrastim) / Fulphila® (pegfilgrastim-jmdb) / Udenyca® (pegfilgrastim-cbqv) / Ziextenzo®...

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Pegfilgrastim Challenged Claim Types in IPR and Litigation: Claims include those challenged in litigations and IPRs. Claims are counted in each litigation and IPR, so claims from the same patent challenged in multiple...more

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Spotlight On: Enbrel® (etanercept) / Erelzi® (etanercept-szzs) / Eticovo® (etanercept-ykro) - August 2025

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Etanercept Challenged Claim Types in IPR and Litigation: Claims include those challenged in litigations and IPRs. Claims are counted in each litigation and IPR, so claims from the same patent challenged in multiple...more

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Spotlight On: Biosimilar Litigations - August 2025

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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

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Denosumab Updates: Wyost and Jubbonti Launch as First Denosumab Biosimilars in the U.S.

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On June 2, 2025, Sandoz announced that WYOST® (denosumab-bbdz) and Jubbonti® (denosumab-bbdz) are now available to patients in the United States. ...more

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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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Sandoz Launches PYZCHIVA® (Ustekinumab) Autoinjector in Europe

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On May 21, 2025, Sandoz announced the commercial launch in Europe of its PYZCHIVA® (ustekinumab) autoinjector, “the first ustekinumab biosimilar in Europe commercially available in an autoinjector.”...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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Year in Review: Top Legal Developments of 2024

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​​​​​​​As 2024 has come and passed, we saw another year of significant developments in litigation involving biologics and biosimilars. The following is a recap of the top four legal developments that we covered on the Big...more

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Astellas Pharma, Inc. v. Sandoz Inc. - Myrbetriq® (mirabegron)

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Case Name: Astellas Pharma, Inc. v. Sandoz Inc., Nos. 2023-2032, 2023-2063, 2023-2089, 2024 WL 4219374 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 18, 2024) (Circuit Judges Lourie, Prost, and Reyna presiding; Opinion by Lourie, J.) (Appeal from D....more

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Amgen Files Fourth BPCIA Lawsuit Against Proposed Prolia® / Xgeva® Biosimilar - Fresenius Kabi’s FKS518

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On October 4, 2024, Amgen filed Case No. 1:24-cv-09555 (N.D. Ill.) against Fresenius Kabi, alleging FKS518 (denosumab), its proposed Prolia® / Xgeva® (denosumab) biosimilar, would infringe 33 of Amgen’s patents....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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Federal Circuit Patent Watch: The Party Presentation Rule: Parties Map the Course of Litigation, Not Judges

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Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions - 1.  ASTELLAS PHARMA v. SANDOZ INC. [OPINION] (2023-2032, 2023-2063, 2023-2089, 9/18/24) (Lourie, Prost, Reyna) - Lourie, J. The Court vacated and remanded the district...more

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Regeneron Files BPCIA Complaint Against Sandoz Regarding Aflibercept Biosimilar

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On August 26, 2024, Regeneron filed a BPCIA complaint in the District Court for the District of New Jersey against Sandoz Inc. related to Sandoz’s ENVEEZU (aflibercept-abzv)....more

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Regeneron Files BPCIA Complaint Against Sandoz’s EYLEA® Biosimilar Enzeevu™ Following FDA Approval

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Regeneron filed an eighth BPCIA litigation (Case No. 2:24-cv-08760 (D.N.J.)) related to an EYLEA® (aflibercept) biosimilar, against Sandoz’s Enzeevu™ (aflibercept-abzv).  The Complaint alleges infringement of 46 of...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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Sandoz v Bayer: Ethical issues and determining obviousness for patents in the UK

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The English High Court has held that a patent relating to a once-daily dosing of an active ingredient was invalid for lack of inventive step over prior art posters presented to the public at conferences. The decision has been...more

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Amgen and Sandoz Settle Prolia® / Xgeva® Biosimilar Litigation

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Amgen and Sandoz reached a settlement in Case No. 1:23-cv-02406 (D.N.J.) on April 29 just hours before a New Jersey District Court Judge (Christine O’Hearn) was scheduled to announce her ruling on Amgen’s preliminary...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 to Acquire CIMERLI from Coherus for $170 Million

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On January 22, 2024, Sandoz announced its plans to acquire the U.S. biosimilar ranibizumab CIMERLI (ranibizumab-eqrn) from Coherus BioSciences, Inc. (“Coherus”) for an upfront cash purchase payment of USD 170 million. The...more

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Blockbuster Biologics Review | Issue 21

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Welcome to our quarterly update relating to biologics and biosimilars, including post-grant and patent litigation challenges to blockbuster biologics. Since the enactment of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act...more

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PTAB Rejects Double-Dose of Prior Art

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In Sandoz Inc. v. Acerta Pharma B.V. (IPR2023-00478), a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) panel denied IPR institution where the asserted prior art was cumulative of that considered during prosecution. This denial...more

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Amgen Inc. v. Sandoz Inc. Otezla® (Apremilast)

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Case Name: Amgen Inc. v. Sandoz Inc., Nos. 2022-1147, 2022-1149, 2022-1150, 2022-1151, 2023 WL 2994166 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 19, 2023) (Circuit Judges Lourie, Cunningham, and Stark presiding; Opinion by Lourie, J.) (Appeal from...more

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Sandoz Invests in New Biosimilar Manufacturing Facility

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On July 20, 2023, Sandoz announced that it plans to invest approximately $90 million to build a Biosimilar Technical Development Center in Ljubljana, Slovenia by 2026. The facility will be used to manufacture both drug...more

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HUMIRA (adalimumab) Biosimilar Launches

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​​​​​​​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

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