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
Here are our picks of some legal developments to keep an eye out for in the new year: 1. Etanercept biosimilar trial decision – This past September, in the Immunex v. Sandoz BPCIA patent litigation concerning Sandoz’s...more
On October 11, 2018, AbbVie and Sandoz announced that they reached a global resolution of all intellectual property-related litigation concerning Sandoz’s Hyrimoz™, a proposed biosimilar of Humira® (adalimumab). According to...more
As we previously reported, Sandoz appealed the PTAB’s decision not to institute an IPR regarding AbbVie’s U.S. Patent No. 9,512,216, which relates to a method for treating moderate to severe chronic plaque psoriasis using...more
Today, AbbVie sued Sandoz regarding its proposed biosimilar to HUMIRA (adalimumab) in the District of New Jersey. The suit alleges infringement under the BPCIA of U.S. Patent Nos. 9,187,559 and 9,750,808. The ‘559 patent is...more
Since the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 (BPCIA) was signed into law in 2010, only a small handful of abbreviated Biologics Licensing Applications (“aBLAs”) have been filed and of those the FDA has...more