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To date, 2024 has not yet seen the type of mega-merger (Pfizer/Seagen) or level of agency enforcement (Sanofi/Maze or Amgen/Horizon) as 2023. But two notable investigations — one still active — show the Federal Trade...more
On May 28, 2024, the FDA approved Amgen’s BKEMV (eculizumab-aeeb), the first approved biosimilar of Alexion’s SOLIRIS (eculizumab). BKEMV was approved by the FDA as a 300 mg/30 mL (10 mg/mL) injection, for intravenous...more
On May 21, Alvotech announced that it had entered into a license and supply agreement with Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories SA for the commercialization of AVT03, a proposed denosumab biosimilar. Denosumab, sold by Amgen under the...more
As we previously reported, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation recently granted Regeneron Pharmaceutical’s (“Regeneron”) motion to establish a multi-district litigation (“MDL”) for its aflibercept BPCIA litigation....more
On October 31, 2023, the FDA approved Amgen’s Wezlana™ (ustekinumab-auub) as the first biosimilar and interchangeable of Johnson & Johnson / Janssen’s Stelara® (ustekinumab). In May 2023, Amgen and Janssen settled their...more
Welcome to our quarterly update relating to biologics and biosimilars, including post-grant and patent litigation challenges to blockbuster biologics. Since the enactment of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act...more
For years, the antitrust enforcement agencies have indicated their antipathy toward resolving competition issues in proposed mergers by entering into consent decrees that prohibit certain conduct, rather than stopping the...more
On June 21, 2021, the Federal Circuit denied Amgen’s petition for en banc review of the court’s February 2021 decision in Amgen Inc. et al. v. Sanofi, Aventisub LLC, et al., 987 F.3d 1080 (Fed. Cir. 2021), which found that...more
Introduction - The biosimilar pathway was designed to increase competition for biologics and reduce healthcare costs. Yet 2020 saw a slowdown in biosimilar activity with the lowest number of annual biosimilar approvals since...more
As we ring in the new year, we look back at the top U.S. biosimilar market developments of 2020. Here are some of our highlights, in no particular order...more
Case Name: Amgen Inc. v. Amneal Pharms. LLC, 2018-2414, 2019-1086, 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS (Fed. Cir. Jan. 7, 2020) (Circuit Judges Newman, Lourie, and Taranto presiding; Opinion by Lourie, J.) (Appeal from D. Del., Goldberg,...more
Mylan announced on its most recent quarterly earnings call that it expects to launch its rituximab and etanercept biosimilars in Europe later this year. In discussing Mylan’s biosimilars pipeline, Rajiv Malik, Mylan’s...more
We previously reported on Genentech’s appeal of the district court’s denial of Genentech’s motion for a preliminary injunction against Amgen’s launch of trastuzumab. Today, a Federal Circuit panel (Judges Prost, Wallach, and...more
Regeneron’s EYLEA (aflibercept) was approved by the U.S. FDA on November 18, 2011, and is indicated for the treatment of patients with Neovascular (Wet) Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD), Macular Edema following Retinal...more
Introduction - In many ways, 2019 was a notable year for biosimilars in the U.S. FDA approved the 26th biosimilar product and the 13th biosimilar product was launched in the U.S. market. These developments were...more
The Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 (BPCIA) was passed as part of health reform signed into law by President Obama in March 2010. This year, the BPCIA turns 10. While the U.S. Biosimilars Pathway has...more
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
As we start the new year, we look back at the top U.S. biosimilar market developments of 2019. Here are some of our highlights, in no particular order...more
Today, the FDA approved Amgen’s AVSOLA (infliximab-axxq), a biosimilar to Janssen’s REMICADE. AVSOLA has the same approved indications label as its reference product....more
On November 22, 2019, the parties in the Amgen v. Kashiv BPCIA litigation, concerning Kashiv’s proposed biosimilar of NEUPOGEN (filgrastim), submitted a stipulation of dismissal indicating that they have “agree[d] to the...more
THE COURT DENIED DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO ENFORCE ITS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH PLAINTIFF AFTER THE AT-RISK LAUNCH AND SUBSEQUENT SETTLEMENT OF ANOTHER DEFENDANT. Case Name: Amgen Inc. v. Amneal Pharms. LLC, No. 16-853-MSG...more
On November 14, 2019, the parties in the Amgen v. Accord (previously Apotex) follow-on BPCIA litigation filed a Stipulation of Dismissal, agreeing “to the dismissal, without prejudice, of all remaining claims and...more
The Court Denied Defendant’s Motion To Enforce Its Settlement Agreement With Plaintiff After The At-risk Launch And Subsequent Settlement Of Another Defendant. ...more
On July 23, 2019, Amgen, maker of the cancer treatment drug Neupogen (filgrastim), filed patent infringement claims in the Southern District of California against Tanvex Biopharma over Tanvex’s proposed filgrastim biosimilar...more
On May 8, 2019, the Federal Circuit issued a precedential opinion affirming a district court’s finding of noninfringement in an action brought under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (“BPCIA”). Amgen Inc. et...more