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Rituximab 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
Trastuzumab 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
Last week Pfizer filed a lawsuit in a federal court of Australia against respondents Samsung Bioepis, Merck, Sharp & Dohme, Organon, and Arrow, to halt sales of their biosimilar BRENZYS (etanercept). Pfizer alleges that the...more
As we close out another calendar year, we look back at the top legal developments of 2021 that could influence the market for biologics and biosimilars. There were many interesting decisions and other developments in district...more
In their respective third quarter financial results, Amgen and Pfizer both announced plans to seek interchangeable status for select biosimilars. Amgen announced that patients are currently being enrolled in Phase 3 studies...more
At the end of last month, Judge Connolly denied defendants Hospira and Pfizer’s motion to dismiss following a telephone conference with the parties. We previously reported back in February 2020 that Amgen sued Pfizer and its...more
UPDATE: On July 9, 2021, the Supreme Court of Canada denied Amgen’s leave to appeal (see article here). On November 3, 2020, the Federal Court of Appeal heard and dismissed the appeal of the first trial decision under the...more
The U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware has denied Amgen’s motion to consolidate a recently filed action against Pfizer and its affiliate Hospira relating to Hospira’s filgrastim biosimilar with an ongoing...more
Last week, Amgen filed a new complaint against Pfizer and Hospira under the BPCIA for infringement related to Hospira’s filgrastim biosimilar. The action is related to newly granted U.S. Patent No. 10,577,392, which is...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
As we previously reported, on February 11, 2020, Amgen sued Pfizer and its affiliate Hospira, alleging that their proposed biosimilar of Amgen’s NEULASTA (pegfilgrastim) would infringe U.S. Patent No. 8,273,707 (“the ’707...more
On February 11, 2020 Amgen sued Pfizer and its affiliate Hospira for patent infringement based on their proposed biosimilar of NEULASTA (pegfilgrastim). Pegfilgrastim is indicated for decreasing the incidence of infection in...more
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
This morning, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a 24-page opinion affirming the district court’s judgment in favor of Amgen in its four-year long BPCIA patent ligation against...more
On December 6, 2019, the Federal Circuit will hear oral argument in a rituximab-related appeal by Biogen. The appeal stems from a final written decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) in an inter partes review...more
Earlier this week, during its 3Q 2019 earnings call, Pfizer announced the U.S. launch dates for three of its biosimilar products...more
Following the Celltrion and Pfizer settlements of the trastuzumab litigation, the Federal Circuit granted the request of the Director of the PTO to intervene under 35 U.S.C. § 143 (i.e., defend a PTAB decision when a...more
Earlier this month, it was reported by the Regulatory Affairs Professional Society (RAPs) that Pfizer has terminated five biosimilar projects in preclinical development. According RAPs, Pfizer’s Director of Global Media...more
Here are some recent developments in U.S. legal proceedings relating to biosimilars: On December 10, 2018, in the Southern District of Florida, Apotex filed a motion to dismiss the patent infringement complaint that Amgen...more
During the period leading up to the holidays, a number of biosimilar developers announced updates regarding their biosimilar pipelines. On December 5, Pfizer notified the European Medicine Agency’s Committee for Medicinal...more
Here are our picks for the top five most significant legal developments of 2018 that may impact the biosimilar industry: 1. New Law Requiring FTC/DOJ Review Of Biosimilar Patent Litigation Settlements - With the...more
Today, AbbVie and Pfizer announced that they reached a global resolution of all intellectual property-related litigation concerning Pfizer’s proposed biosimilar adalimumab. According to the press releases, AbbVie has granted...more
Below are some recent updates regarding U.S. regulatory submissions and a launch in connection with biosimilar products: On September 27, 2018, Samsung Bioepis announced that the U.S. FDA has accepted its aBLA for SB5, a...more
Today, Amgen filed a complaint in the District of Delaware against Hospira and its parent Pfizer alleging infringement of U.S. Patent No. 9,643,997 based on Hospira’s filing of an aBLA seeking FDA-approval to engage in the...more
Today, Pfizer announced that it received a Complete Response Letter (CRL) from the FDA in response to Pfizer’s application for its proposed biosimilar of Herceptin® (trastuzumab). According to Pfizer’s press release, the CRL...more