Polsinelli Podcasts - FDA Denies Amgen Citizen Petition in Biosimilar Dispute
The decision concerns the time of filing and admissibility of a revocation action at the Central Division when a parallel infringement action is filed at a local division (Art. 33(4) UPCA). Art 33(4) UPCA states that...more
Uniloc USA, Inc. v. Motorola Mobility LLC, Appeal Nos 2021-1555, -1795 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 4, 2022) - Our Case of the Week is ostensibly a case about whether a patent owner has standing to sue when that patent holder has...more
UPDATE: On July 9, 2021, the Supreme Court of Canada denied Amgen’s leave to appeal (see article here). On November 3, 2020, the Federal Court of Appeal heard and dismissed the appeal of the first trial decision under the...more
A federal district court recently dismissed a lawsuit against AbbVie and biosimilar manufacturers of adalimumab involving a novel antitrust claim against the Humira patent estate. Attorneys with Haug Partners LLP take an...more
Today, Genentech and Amgen jointly filed stipulations in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware dismissing their BPCIA litigations concerning Amgen’s biosimilars of Genentech’s HERCEPTIN (trastuzumab) and...more
As we previously reported, earlier this year Coherus filed a complaint against Amgen in the District of Delaware alleging infringement of patents claiming “stable aqueous pharmaceutical compositions” comprising adalimumab and...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
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
Today, the Federal Circuit dismissed Amgen’s appeal from and mandamus petition regarding the U.S. District Court for the Delaware’s order denying Amgen’s motion to compel discovery for lack of jurisdiction under the...more
As we reported on Friday, Genentech has informed the District of Delaware that it will not file an amended complaint in its declaratory judgment action against Amgen regarding Amgen’s application to market a biosimilar of...more
As we previously reported, the District of Delaware granted a motion to dismiss by Amgen in Genentech v. Amgen, finding a lack of subject matter jurisdiction over Genentech’s declaratory judgment complaint under the Federal...more
Recently, the U.S. District Court of Delaware dismissed a complaint filed by Genentech under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (“BPCIA”). The complaint was filed in response to Amgen seeking FDA approval to...more
Judge Sleet of the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware has dismissed Genentech’s complaint against Amgen for allegedly failing to comply with the the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA), but...more
Today, Judge Gregory Sleet of the U.S. District Court of Delaware orally dismissed Genentech’s lawsuit against Amgen alleging violations of the BPCIA. Judge Sleet did not issue a written opinion, but his order states that...more
As we previously reported, yesterday Judge Sleet, United States District Court for the District of Delaware, heard arguments on Amgen’s motion to dismiss in Genentech v. Sandoz. The court orally granted Amgen’s motion under...more
On July 22, 2016, the District Court for the District of New Jersey granted Sandoz’s motion to dismiss Amgen’s declaratory judgment action related to Sandoz’s biosimilar of Amgen’s Neulasta (pegfilgrastim). As...more
Sandoz Inc. announced on October 2, 2015 that FDA accepted its regulatory application for a proposed biosimilar of Amgen Inc.’s biologic arthritis drug Enbrel for review. The acceptance comes years after Sandoz attempted to...more
The courts must “say what the law is,” even when that law, as Judge Lourie described the BPCIA, is “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.” Today, in Amgen Inc. v. Sandoz Inc., No. 2015-1499 (Fed. Cir. July 23,...more
Both Sides Come Away with Wins in Amgen v. Sandoz - Yesterday, in Amgen, Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc., the Federal Circuit construed multiple provisions of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 (“BPCIA”). ...more
On March 19, 2015, Judge Seeborg of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California denied Amgen Inc.’s motion for a preliminary injunction in the Amgen v. Sandoz case, thereby removing one more...more