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Bio-Thera and Gedeon Richter Reach Exclusive Commercialization Agreement for Ustekinumab Biosimilar

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On October 9, 2024, Bio-Thera Solutions and Gedeon Richter announced they have reached an exclusive commercialization and license agreement for BAT2206, a biosimilar candidate to STELARA (ustekinumab). ...more

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Alvotech and Teva Announce FDA Approval of Additional Presentation for Ustekinumab Biosimilar

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On October 22, 2024, Alvotech and Teva announced that SELARSDI™ (ustekinumab-aekn) received FDA approval for a new presentation, 130 mg/26 mL (5 mg/mL) solution in a single-dose vial for intravenous infusion....more

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Amgen Plans At-Risk Launch of EYLEA® Biosimilar Pavblu™ After Federal Circuit Lifts Temporary Injunction

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On October 22, 2024, the Federal Circuit (CAFC Case No. 24-2351) denied Regeneron’s request for an injunction pending appeal for Amgen’s EYLEA® (aflibercept) biosimilar Pavblu™ (aflibercept-ayyh), concluding that “Regeneron...more

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Federal Circuit Denies Injunction Pending Appeal After Amgen Beat Preliminary Injunction for Biosimilar Aflibercept

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As we previously reported, on September 24, 2024, the District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia denied Regeneron’s motion seeking a preliminary injunction preventing Amgen from launching its FDA-approved...more

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Teva’s Denosumab Biosimilar Candidate is Accepted for Review by FDA and EMA

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On October 8, 2024, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted, and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has validated, applications for TVB-009P, a...more

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The Interplay: Key Decisions at the Intersection of Antitrust and Life Sciences - September 2024

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Novo Nordisk May Proceed with Its Ozempic Suit Against DCA Pharmacy. A Tennessee federal court denied DCA Pharmacy’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Novo Nordisk Inc. alleging a violation of Tennessee state unfair and...more

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Teva and mAbxience Add Additional Oncology Biosimilar Candidate, Expanding Strategic Partnership

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​​​​​​​On October 3, 2024, Teva Pharmaceuticals and mAbxience, a Fresenius Kabi majority-owned group, announced a new global licensing agreement for the development of an anti PD-1 oncology biosimilar candidate, further...more

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Amgen Files BPCIA Complaint Against Fresenius Kabi Regarding Denosumab

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On October 4, 2024, Amgen filed a BPCIA complaint in the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division against Fresenius Kabi related to Fresenius Kabi’s proposed biosimilar of Amgen’s PROLIA and...more

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Amgen Files Fourth BPCIA Lawsuit Against Proposed Prolia® / Xgeva® Biosimilar - Fresenius Kabi’s FKS518

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On October 4, 2024, Amgen filed Case No. 1:24-cv-09555 (N.D. Ill.) against Fresenius Kabi, alleging FKS518 (denosumab), its proposed Prolia® / Xgeva® (denosumab) biosimilar, would infringe 33 of Amgen’s patents....more

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Spotlight On: Biosimilar Litigations - October 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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Fresenius and Formycon Receive EC and FDA Approval of Ustekinumab Biosimilar

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On September 27, 2024, Formycon AG (“Formycon”) and its commercialization partner Fresenius Kabi (“Fresenius”) jointly announced that the European Commission (EC) has issued a marketing authorization for FYB202/OTULFI™...more

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Aflibercept Biosimilar Updates in Europe

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On September 19, 2024, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) adopted a positive opinion for Sandoz’s aflibercept biosimilar AFQLIR. ...more

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PM(NOC) Regulations: seven-year anniversary of major amendments

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September 21, 2024, marked the seventh anniversary of the significant amendments to the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations (Regulations). This article provides an update on activities in the seventh year...more

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Fresenius Kabi and Formycon Announce Approval of Stelara® Biosimilar Otulfi™ in the U.S. and E.U.

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On September 27, 2024, the FDA approved a fourth biosimilar of Janssen / Johnson & Johnson’s Stelara® (ustekinumab): Fresenius Kabi and Formycon’s Otulfi™ (ustekinumab-aauz). Fresenius and Formycon announced Oltufi™’s...more

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Recent Biosimilar Approvals By the FDA

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Approval of Accord’s Trastuzumab Biosimilar: On September 18, 2024, Accord announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a 420 mg dosage of HERCESSI (trastuzumab-strf), a biosimilar to Genentech’s HERCEPTIN...more

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Preliminary Injunction Denied Against Amgen in Aflibercept BPCIA Litigation

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In a sealed order that issued on September 24, 2024, the District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia denied a preliminary injunction against Amgen in the aflibercept BPCIA litigation. ...more

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Preliminary Injunction Against Amgen’s EYLEA® Biosimilar Pavblu™ Denied

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On September 23, 2024, Regeneron’s motion for a preliminary injunction against the commercial launch of Amgen’s EYLEA® (aflibercept) biosimilar Pavblu™ (aflibercept-ayyh) was denied in Case No. 1:24-cv-00039 (N.D.W. Va.) /...more

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Alteogen Seeks Approval for Aflibercept Biosimilar in Korea

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​​​​​​​On September 13, 2024, Alteogen announced that it has applied for marketing authorization in Korea for ALT-L9, an aflibercept biosimilar of EYLEA®. According to Alteogen, a 12-country Phase 3 study showed that ALT-L9...more

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Alexion and Samsung Settle Eculizumab BPCIA Case

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​​​​​​​On August 30, 2024, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Alexion Pharma International Operations Ltd. (collectively, “Alexion”) and Samsung Bioepis Co. Ltd. (“Samsung Bioepis”) settled their BPCIA dispute related to...more

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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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Senate Seeks to Reduce Biosimilar Prices by “Pruning” “Patent Thickets”

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On July 10, the Senate unanimously passed the Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 (S.150), which seeks to increase competition and lower drug prices by imposing limits on patent litigation related to biological...more

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Update on Recent International Biosimilar Approvals - September 2024

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Approval of Celltrion’s Ustekinumab Biosimilar in the EU:  On August 26, 2024, Celltrion announced that the European Commission (EC) granted approval for STEQEYMA, formerly known as CT-P43, a biosimilar of STELARA...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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Regeneron Files BPCIA Complaint Against Sandoz Regarding Aflibercept Biosimilar

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On August 26, 2024, Regeneron filed a BPCIA complaint in the District Court for the District of New Jersey against Sandoz Inc. related to Sandoz’s ENVEEZU (aflibercept-abzv)....more

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FTC continues to focus on competition in pharmaceutical markets, supports FDA guidance on biosimilars

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On August 20, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a comment letter in support of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) June 2024 draft guidance on biosimilar interchangeability (the “Draft Guidance”). When...more

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