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Amgen and Accord BioPharma Settle Denosumab BPCIA Case

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​​​​​​​On July 16, 2025, the District Court for the District of New Jersey entered a Consent Judgment and Injunction in view of a settlement agreement between Amgen, Inc. (“Amgen”) and Accord BioPharma, Inc. (“Accord”)...more

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Fresenius Kabi and Celltrion Launch Prolia® / Xgeva® (denosumab) Biosimilars Conexxence™ / Bomyntra™ and Stoboclo® / Osenvelt®

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On July 1, 2025, Fresenius Kabi announced the U.S. launch of Conexxence™ / Bomyntra™ (denosumab-bnht), biosimilars of Amgen’s Prolia® / Xgeva® (denosumab), pursuant to a settlement agreement between the parties ending BPCIA...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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ANDA Litigation Settlements

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Reported settlements in federal district court cases - This chart summarizes the case name, drug, patents-in-suit, and publicly available terms for reported settlements in federal district court cases that are filed pursuant...more

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Regeneron, Mylan, and Biocon Settle in Aflibercept BPCIA Litigation

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On April 22, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia entered a Stipulation and Order Vacating Permanent Injunction and Dismissing All Claims and Counterclaims with Prejudice in In re:...more

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Regeneron and Biocon Settle Litigation over EYLEA® Biosimilar Yesafili™

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On April 15, 2025, Biocon announced it reached a settlement agreement with Regeneron, dismissing CAFC Appeal No. 24-2002 and Case No. 1:22-cv-00061 (N.D.W. Va.) / MDL 1:24-md-03103 (N.D.W. Va.) and allowing the...more

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Soliris® (eculizumab) Interchangeable Biosimilar Launches: Bkemv™ and Epysqli®

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On April 7, 2025, Samsung Bioepis and Teva announced the launch of Epysqli® (eculizumab-aagh), a provisionally interchangeable biosimilar of Alexion / AstraZeneca’s Soliris® (eculizumab), at a 30% discount to Soliris®’s...more

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Stelara® Biosimilars Launch and Licensing Dispute Begins

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Three Stelara® (ustekinumab) biosimilars launched in the U.S. in the past week, Alvotech / Teva’s Selarsdi™ (ustekinumab-aekn) on February 21, 2025, and Sandoz / Samsung Bioepis’s Pyzchiva® (ustekinumab-ttwe) and Biocon’s...more

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FTC Supports Proposed PTO Rule Mandating Disclosure of Agreements Between Litigants in Disputes Before the Patent Trial and Appeal...

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Introduction - On June 18, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) unanimously agreed to submit a comment supporting a recent proposed U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) rule that would mandate the disclosure of all...more

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The Interplay: Key Decisions at the Intersection of Antitrust & Life Sciences - April 2024

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This week, the FTC continued its intense regulatory focus on pharmaceutical patents listed in the FDA’s Orange Book. As reported in earlier editions of The Interplay, the FTC issued a policy statement in September 2023,...more

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Biocon Settles with Janssen, Securing U.S. Market Entry Date for Ustekinumab Biosimilar

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​​​​​​​On February 29, Biocon Biologics Ltd announced that it signed a settlement and license agreement with Janssen Biotech Inc. and Johnson & Johnson (“J&J”) regarding Bmab 1200, Biocon’s proposed biosimilar to STELARA....more

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Biocon Settles with Bayer and Regeneron, Securing Canada Market Entry Date for Aflibercept Biosimilar

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On March 4, Biocon Biologics Ltd. announced it has signed a settlement agreement with Bayer Inc. and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. regarding YESAFILI, Biocon’s proposed biosimilar to EYLEA (aflibercept)....more

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Alvotech Announces More Settlements and Expected Launch Dates Regarding Biosimilar to STELARA (ustekinumab), AVT04

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On February 15, Alvotech announced that it reached more settlement agreements with Johnson & Johnson for ATV04, Alvotech’s biosimilar to STELARA (ustekinumab). The settlements cover Canada, the European Economic Area, and...more

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Ustekinumab Antitrust Litigation

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On December 7, 2023, a group of health insurers and health insurance administrators filed a class action complaint against Johnson & Johnson and Janssen Biotech, Inc. (collectively “J&J”) in the Eastern District of Virginia...more

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Competition Bureau closes two investigations into pharmaceutical patent litigation settlements

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On May 20, 2022, the Competition Bureau announced that it closed two investigations into pharmaceutical patent litigation settlement agreements as evidence gathered during the two investigations suggested the agreements did...more

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Alvotech and AbbVie Resolve Disputes Relating to Alvotech’s Adalimumab Biosimilar in Europe

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Alvotech Holdings S.A. (“Alvotech”) announced today that it has resolved all intellectual property disputes with AbbVie in Europe related to Alvotech’s AVT02 (adalimumab) biosimilar candidate. This announcement follows...more

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Humira’s End of Reign

On March 8, 2022, Alvotech announced that it has executed a U.S. settlement agreement with Abbvie that grants Alvotech non-exclusive rights to market AVT02 (adalimumab) in the U.S starting July 1, 2023. AbbVie confirmed the...more

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Alvotech and AbbVie Settle Patent Dispute

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Alvotech Holdings S.A. (“Alvotech”) has announced that they have settled all pending disputes between AbbVie and Alvotech related to AVT02 (100mg/mL), Alvotech’s high-concentration, citrate-free biosimilar candidate for...more

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Board Requires Settlement Agreement to Dismiss Pre-Institution Proceeding

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Biofrontera AG (“Petitioner”) filed an unopposed motion to dismiss the petition during the preliminary phase of the proceedings.  Here, DUSA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Patent Owner”) had not yet filed a Preliminary Response, and...more

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District Court Enjoins California's Unprecedented "Reverse Payment" Law

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On December 8, 2021, a federal district court granted a preliminary injunction temporarily enjoining enforcement of the California state law Preserving Access to Affordable Drugs, which attempts to sanction reverse-payment...more

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Xryem: Pharmaceutical Settlement Acceleration Clause Found Anticompetitive Due To Risk Of “Profit Crushing Competition”

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On August 13, 2021, in a decision that largely flew under antitrust and patent practitioners’ radars, U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh mostly denied a motion to dismiss in the alleged “reverse payment” case, In Re Xyrem...more

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Beyond “pay-for-delay” – the EU-Commission’s investigation into patent filing practices and communication measures

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On 4 March 2021, the European Commission (Commission) opened a formal investigation into alleged anti-competitive conduct by the pharmaceutical company Teva. The Commission suspects Teva of having deployed a strategy with the...more

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‘Pay-for-Delay’ Agreements can be Restrictions of Competition by their very Nature

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On 25 March 2021 the European Court of Justice (ECJ) dismissed all the appeals brought by Danish pharmaceutical company H. Lundbeck A/S (Lundbeck) and five generic manufacturers against the judgments of the General Court of...more

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The ECJ’s Lundbeck judgment offers little new on patent settlements but gives birth to an interesting principle: sector inquiries...

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On 25 March 2021, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") dismissed all the appeals against the European Commission's decision to fine Lundbeck and several other companies for entering into anti-competitive patent settlement...more

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ANDA Litigation Settlements - Fall 2020

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Reported settlements in federal district court cases - This chart summarizes the case name, drug, patents-in-suit, and publicly available terms for reported settlements in federal district court cases that are filed...more

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