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American Conference Institute (ACI)

[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

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

Are Drugmakers Gaming the Patent System?

We all know that policymakers are increasingly focused on lowering drug costs. From the Inflation Reductions Act's Medicare price negotiations (aka price controls) to the recent proposals directed at pharmacy benefit managers...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Webinar] 3rd Annual Passport to Proficiency on the Essentials of Hatch-Waxman and BPCIA - October 10th - 26th, 1:00 pm EST

Gain a comprehensive understanding of Hatch-Waxman and BPCIA essentials, a critical competency for legal and business professionals in the biopharmaceutical arena. Attend ACI’s Hatch-Waxman and BPCIA Proficiency Series...more

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USPTO Publishes Notice Calling Out Pharmaceutical Industry

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President Biden’s Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy, 86 FR 36987 (2021), expressed concerns about the patent system being misused to unnecessarily inhibit or delay entry of generic drugs or...more

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Biosimilars 2021 Year in Review

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2021 saw several important milestones in the biosimilars space, including the much anticipated first interchangeable designations by FDA and the approval of the first ophthalmology biosimilar. The biosimilar market also...more

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FDA’s Woodcock Reviews Patents Practices as a Way to Effect Drug Pricing

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On September 10, 2021, Janet Woodcock, the acting FDA Commissioner of Food and Drugs at the FDA, sent a letter to Andrew Hirshfield, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States...more

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IP Hot Topic: The USPTO's COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program

On May 14, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) began accepting requests for prioritized examination of up to 500 patent applications without requiring payment of certain fees associated with...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

USPTO Announces COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program

Earlier this month, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it would be implementing a COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program, in which applicants that qualify for small or micro entity status will be...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Biosimilar Litigation Trends and Lessons Learned in 2019

It has been nearly 10 years since the U.S. Biosimilars Pathway (the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act) was enacted. The first biosimilar product in U.S. history was approved and launched in 2015. Ten biosimilars...more

Troutman Pepper

Not So Simple Math: Calculating the Regulatory Review Period for Patent Term Extension

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This is the third article in our five-part series on PTE. Calculating a drug’s regulatory review period seems like it should be simple. The FDA even states that its regulatory review period determination is...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

The Federal Circuit’s First Application of the AIA’s On-Sale Bar: Implications for Bio/Pharma

When a small pharmaceutical company discovers a new medicine, it’s not uncommon for the company – which may not itself have the resources or infrastructure to get that medicine to patients – to seek a distribution partner...more

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Patent Term Extension for Drugs Not Limited to New Chemical Entities

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Patent term extension is a valuable tool that drug manufacturers should consider, even when their products are not new entities. Recent decisions from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, coupled with various court...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

CIMZIA Does Not Infringe Yeda’s Monoclonal Antibody Patent

In UCB, Inc. v. Yeda Research and Development Co., the Federal Circuit affirmed the determination by the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia that UCB, Inc.’s Cimzia® (certolizumab pegol), a biologic medicine...more

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Kyle Bass’ IPRs: Are You Next?

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Kyle Bass has made waves throughout the pharmaceutical industry since February, when he and entities associated with his hedge fund, Hayman Capital, began filing IPR petitions at the PTO. While Bass claims to target “weak”...more

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