Polsinelli Podcasts - FDA Denies Amgen Citizen Petition in Biosimilar Dispute
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
We recently posted on a new FDA draft guidance entitled “Postapproval Manufacturing Changes to Biosimilar and Interchangeable Biosimilar Products Questions and Answers,” aimed at providing “answers to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
Regeneron filed an eighth BPCIA litigation (Case No. 2:24-cv-08760 (D.N.J.)) related to an EYLEA® (aflibercept) biosimilar, against Sandoz’s Enzeevu™ (aflibercept-abzv). The Complaint alleges infringement of 46 of...more
Welcome to the latest issue of Blockbuster Biologics Review, which covers the status and developments of post-grant challenges and patent litigations implicating blockbuster biologics and legislative proposals related to...more
In an attempt to increase the availability of biosimilars, on July 11, 2024, the Senate passed the Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act, which was introduced in the House on July 19, 2024. The bill sets a cap of 20...more
As part of a push to increase competition and lower drug prices, the U.S. Senate recently passed a bill that limits the number of patents that can be asserted in biosimilar litigation. The Affordable Prescriptions for...more
On August 12, 2024, Amgen filed a BPCIA complaint in the District Court for the District of New Jersey against Samsung Bioepis and Samsung Biologics related to Samsung Bioepis’s proposed biosimilar of Amgen’s PROLIA and...more
Recent history of Congress's performance as a legislative body has been, to be kind, mixed, and a great many bills, resolutions, and other activities have appeared to be more for show than to accomplish anything worthwhile. ...more
Recently the Senate passed S.150 entitled the Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act. Those paying attention might recall that Senator Cornyn (R-TX) introduced this bill (joined by Senator Blumenthal (D-CT) and seven other...more
As we previously reported, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Alexion Pharma International Operations Ltd. (collectively, “Alexion”) sued Samsung Bioepis Co. Ltd. (“Samsung”) in January 2024 in the U.S. District Court...more
In a sealed order that issued last week, the Court has granted a preliminary injunction against Samsung Bioepis in the aflibercept BPCIA litigation brought by Regeneron. ...more
In a sealed order that issued on June 11, the Court granted a permanent injunction in favor of Regeneron against Mylan/Biocon in the pending aflibercept BPCIA litigation. ...more
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Last November, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued Guidance to the Examiner Corps that was disclosed to the public at the March 19, 2024 Biotechnology, Chemical, and Pharmaceutical Partnership Meeting, on resources to...more
On May 28, Amgen filed a BPCIA complaint in the District Court for the District of New Jersey against Celltrion related to its denosumab biosimilar of Amgen’s PROLIA and XGEVA. This is the second BPCIA litigation regarding...more
On May 28, 2024, Amgen filed a BPCIA litigation, Case No. 1:24-cv-06497 (D.N.J.), against Celltrion’s proposed Prolia® / Xgeva® (denosumab) biosimilar CT-P41 alleging infringement of 29 of Amgen’s patents, including one...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released a podcast on biosimilars, featuring Dr. Sarah Yim, director of FDA’s Office of Therapeutic Biologics and Biosimilars (OTBB), that seems to indicate a potential...more
On May 17, 2024, Regeneron filed a second infringement litigation against Celltrion’s proposed EYLEA® (aflibercept) biosimilar CT-P42, Case No. 1:24-cv-00053 (N.D.W. Va.). The aBLA for CT-P42 was submitted to the FDA in June...more