Podcast: IP Life Sciences Landscape: Aiding Orange and Purple Book Patent Owners in Developing PTAB Survival Skills
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Venable’s BiologicsHQ Monthly Injection – June 2024...more
On December 7, 2023, a group of health insurers and health insurance administrators filed a class action complaint against Johnson & Johnson and Janssen Biotech, Inc. (collectively “J&J”) in the Eastern District of Virginia...more
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
FDA’s Purple Book provides a searchable database of licensed biological products and includes the patent information provided to biosimilar applicants during the BPCIA patent dance. As we previously reported, a patent list...more
FDA’s Purple Book provides a searchable database of licensed biological products and includes the patent information provided to biosimilar applicants during the BPCIA patent dance. Pursuant to a law enacted in late...more
As 2022 comes to a close, we review Big Molecule Watch’s top five biosimilar regulatory developments of the year...more
In 2021, the FDA’s Purple Book went live, providing a searchable database of licensed biological products, including the patent information provided to biosimilar applicants during the patent dance. Pursuant to a law enacted...more
As 2021 comes to a close, Big Molecule Watch reviews the top five biosimilar regulatory developments of the year... President Biden Signs Orange Book Transparency Act - In January, we reported that President Biden...more
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) regularly tracks statistics regarding administrative trials conducted under the processes created by the America Invents Act (“AIA”), which provide insight into recent trends...more
The Purple Book—a database containing information about all licensed biological products—is set for a revamping that offers more patent transparency regarding reference biologics. The Purple Book, which was first published in...more
New federal legislation will take effect this year that will require a reference product sponsor to submit to the FDA a list of any patents identified to a biosimilar applicant during the patent dance. The FDA is required to...more
On January 5, 2021, President Trump signed into law H.R. 1503, the "Orange Book Transparency Act of 2020," which amends provisions governing the types of patents and exclusivity-related information for approved drugs listed...more
Recent legislative developments include amendments to expand upon Orange Book and Purple Book listing requirements. Amidst the breathtaking sweep of activities in the Trump Administration’s waning days in office, the...more
Earlier this month, two bills intended to promote generic competitiveness by presenting a clearer idea of the patent landscape covering reference products passed the full Senate, albeit with amendments. These laws, if...more
The world-wide market share of biologic drugs is advancing at a staggering pace, with some estimates ranging from $ 300 billion to $452 billion in revenue within the next five years.The treatment costs for patients...more
Key Points - In February, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a "bright-line rule" redefining "biological products" under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA) to include insulin and other...more
Last week, Big Molecule Watch sat down with Professor Arti Rai to discuss an article she recently co-authored, “How logically impossible patents block biosimilars.” The article, published earlier this month in the...more
Earlier this month, a bipartisan group of six senators introduced the Biologic Patent Transparency Act (“BPTA”), which the senators say will “help increase patent transparency, promote biosimilar competition, bring needed...more
AbbVie previously filed a citizen petition to the FDA arguing against its interim labeling requirements for biosimilars under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (“BPCIA”). In its supplemental petition, AbbVie...more
In September 2014, the FDA published the first edition of the Purple Book: Lists of Licensed Biological Products with Reference Product Exclusivity and Biosimilarity or Interchangeability Evaluations (“Purple Book”), the...more
The new phone book is here? No, but close. The Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") announced on Friday that it has published its first listing of approved biologic drugs. The list will be supplemented with approved...more
This past week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the creation of the “Purple Book,” which will list all biological products, including any biosimilar and interchangeable biological products, licensed by the...more