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On May 22, 2025, the CAFC affirmed the PTAB’s (Board) Final Written Decisions in Pfizer’s IPR2021-00925 and IPR2021-00926 finding all challenged claims of uniQure’s U.S. Patent No. 9,982,248 (“the ’248 patent”) unpatentable...more
Last week, the Federal Circuit handed down its opinion in Pfizer Inc. v. Sanofi Pasteur Inc., affirming the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's (PTAB) determination that all claims of U.S. Patent No. 9,492,559 challenged in...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
As we previously reported, in October 2018, Pfizer persuaded the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) that the claims of Biogen’s U.S. Patent No. 8,821,873, directed to a method of treating lymphoma with anti-CD20 antibodies...more
The Federal Circuit continued its explication of the standing issue for unsuccessful petitioners in inter partes review (see "Argentum Pharmaceuticals LLC v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. (Fed. Cir. 2020)") in Pfizer Inc. v....more
On April 27, 2020, the Federal Circuit issued a non-precedential opinion ruling that Pfizer failed to establish Article III standing in a pair of IPR appeals. At the PTAB, Pfizer had challenged the validity of Chugai’s...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
There are presently seven biosimilar-related appeals pending before the Federal Circuit. Two of those appeals, Amgen v. Sandoz (Case No. 18-1551) and Amgen v. Coherus (Case No. 18-1993), are from district court judgments in...more
Last month, the PTAB issued decisions on two petitions, IPR2017-02063 and IPR2018-00016, filed by Pfizer against one of Genentech’s Herceptin® (trastuzumab) patents, U.S. Patent No. 7,846,441 (“the ‘441 patent”). The ‘441...more
About the PTAB Life Sciences Report: periodically, we will report on developments at the PTAB involving life sciences patents. Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Sanofi Aventis Deutschland GmbH - PTAB Petition: ...more
On November 17, 2017, Genentech filed suit against Pfizer in the District of Delaware, alleging that Pfizer’s biosimilar of Herceptin® infringes forty Genentech patents covering Herceptin® and its methods of use and...more
About the PTAB Life Sciences Report: Each month we will report on developments at the PTAB involving life sciences patents. Pfizer Inc. v. Biogen, Inc and Genentech, Inc. PTAB Petition: IPR2017-02126; filed October 6,...more
About the PTAB Life Sciences Report: Each month we will report on developments at the PTAB involving life sciences patents. Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries, Ltd. v. Novartis AG - PTAB Petition: IPR2017-01929; filed...more
The PTAB has been a busy place for biologics patents in the past few weeks. Here are some of the highlights...more
At least 19 IPRs have been filed against seven of Genentech’s patents covering its blockbuster antibody drug Herceptin® (trastuzumab). On July 27, 2017, the PTAB instituted IPRs filed by Hospira, Inc. (a subsidiary of Pfizer)...more
Pfizer has shown its muscle in the biosimilars field, purchasing Hospira in 2015 and launching the second biosimilar on the U.S. market, Inflectra® (infliximab), a biosimilar of Johnson & Johnson’s Remicade®. Pfizer is now...more
Bevacizumab (Avastin®) is the subject of the widely watched “patent dance” dispute between Genentech and Amgen regarding Amgen’s proposed biosimilar. Hospira, however, (now owned by Pfizer) has chosen a different path in...more