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Spotlight On: Biosimilar Litigations - September 2024

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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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Alexion and Samsung Bioepis Settle Soliris® Biosimilar Patent Proceedings for Epysqli®

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On August 30, 2024, Alexion and Samsung Bioepis filed voluntary dismissals in all of their pending patent proceedings related to Soliris® (eculizumab) biosimilar Epysqli® (eculizumab-aagh), including Case No. 1:24-cv-00005...more

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FTC Comment on FDA Draft Guidance on Interchangeability

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We recently posted on a new FDA draft guidance entitled “Postapproval Manufacturing Changes to Biosimilar and Interchangeable Biosimilar Products Questions and Answers,” aimed at providing “answers to commonly asked questions...more

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FTC Submits Comment Supporting Proposed FDA Guidance Revising Switching Studies for Biosimilar Interchangeability

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On August 20, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) submitted a comment supporting the FDA’s June 2024 draft guidance “Considerations for Demonstrating Interchangeability with a Reference Product: Update” that revises the...more

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FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Postapproval Manufacturing Changes to Biosimilar Products

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​​​​​​​On July 23, 2024, the FDA issued a draft guidance entitled “Postapproval Manufacturing Changes to Biosimilar and Interchangeable Biosimilar Products Questions and Answers.”...more

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FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Demonstrating Biosimilar Interchangeability

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​​​​​​​Last month, the FDA issued draft guidance, which, if implemented, would remove a requirement for a switching study for demonstrating biosimilar interchangeability....more

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Venable’s BiologicsHQ Monthly Injection - June 2024

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FDA Revises Guidance on Switching Studies for Biosimilar Interchangeability

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On June 20, 2024, the FDA issued a draft guidance, “Considerations for Demonstrating Interchangeability with a Reference Product: Update” that revises the need for switching studies to demonstrate a biosimilar is...more

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Permanent Injunction Issued Preventing Launch of EYLEA® Biosimilar Yesafili™

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On June 11, 2024, the Court in Case No. 1:22-cv-00061 (N.D.W. Va.) / MDL 1:24-md-03103 (N.D.W. Va.) issued a permanent injunction against the launch of Biocon and Mylan’s Yesafili™ (aflibercept-jbvf), a recently approved...more

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Venable’s BiologicsHQ Monthly Injection - May 2024

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Updates on Aflibercept Biosimilar Approvals and BPCIA Litigation

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Regeneron’s regulatory exclusivity for EYLEA expired on May 18, 2024. Two days later, on May 20, 2024, the FDA announced that it has approved Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Biocon Biologics, Inc.’s YESAFILI...more

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Rethinking Interchangeability, Top Cases, and Battling Misinformation at FDLI’s Annual Conference

1 Last week, the Food and Drug Law Institute held its Annual Conference while also celebrating its 75th anniversary. There, members of FDA and industry players gathered to discuss the latest legal, policy, and regulatory...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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FDA Updates Draft Guidance on Promotional Communications of Prescription Biologics and Biosimilars

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On April 25, 2024, the FDA published a notice of availability in the Federal Register for its revised draft guidance, entitled “Promotional Labeling and Advertising Considerations for Prescription Biological Reference...more

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FDA Updates Draft Guidance on Promotional Labeling and Advertising Considerations for Biological Reference Products and...

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On April 25, 2024, FDA published a revised draft guidance, Promotional Labeling and Advertising Considerations for Prescription Biological Reference Products, Biosimilar Products, and Interchangeable Biosimilar Products –...more

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[Event] 15th Summit on Biosimilars & Innovator Biologics - June 20th - 21st, New York, NY

Hosted by American Conference Institute, the Summit on Biosimilars & Innovator Biologics returns to New York City, on June 20 - 21, 2024. Now in its 15th year, the 2024 conference will dive deep into the latest legal,...more

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Biden Administration Proposes Biosimilar Substitution Without Interchangeability

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​​​​​​​The Biden Administration recently released a 2025 Budget Proposal which includes permitting biosimilar substitution without the Food and Drug Administration’s (“FDA”) separate determination of interchangeability. ...more

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Biden FY25 HHS Budget Eliminates the Separate Interchangeability Designation for Biosimilars

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On March 11, 2024, the White House released President Biden’s FY 2025 Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Budget in Brief, which outlines $130.7 billion in discretionary funding for HHS. ...more

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FDA Approves Three Interchangeable Biosimilar Drugs in 2024

After taking most of a decade to approve its first interchangeable biosimilar (Semglee (insulin glargine-yfgn), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved three interchangeable biosimilars since the beginning of this...more

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Teva and Alvotech’s Adalimumab Biosimilar Receives Interchangeable Status at FDA

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On February 23rd, 2024, Alvotech and Teva announced FDA’s approval of SIMLANDI (adalimumab-ryvk), the first high-concentration and citrate-free biosimilar interchangeable with Humira. SIMLANDI injection was approved for nine...more

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First High-Concentration Humira® Interchangeable, Alvotech and Teva’s Simlandi®, Approved in the U.S.

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On February 23, 2024, the FDA approved Alvotech and Teva’s Simlandi® (adalimumab-ryvk) as biosimilar to and interchangeable with AbbVie’s Humira® (adalimumab). Simlandi® is the tenth Humira® biosimilar to be approved, and the...more

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FDA Approves Yet Another Interchangeable Biosimilar and Another Biosimilar

On October 3, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced approval of Biogen's Byooviz (ranibizumab-nuna) as an interchangeable biosimilar to Genentech's Lucentis (ranibizumab injection).  The drug was...more

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FDA Approves Another Interchangeable Biosimilar

Earlier this year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced approval of Amgen's Wezlana (ustekinumab-auub) as an interchangeable biosimilar to Janssen Biotech's Stelara (ustekinumab).  The drug was approved for...more

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FDA Study Finds Biosimilars Are Interchangeable

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A major new research paper has concluded what many doctors had long believed was true – that patients can be switched between reference (or name brand) biologics and biosimilars with no issues involving the safety profiles or...more

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