On April 12, 2024, the Federal Circuit dismissed CAFC Appeal No. 24-1402 and Cross-Appeal No. 24-1405 for lack of jurisdiction following its February 22, 2024 order directing Regeneron and Mylan / Biocon to show cause why the...more
On February 29, Biocon Biologics Ltd announced that it signed a settlement and license agreement with Janssen Biotech Inc. and Johnson & Johnson (“J&J”) regarding Bmab 1200, Biocon’s proposed biosimilar to STELARA....more
On March 4, Biocon Biologics Ltd. announced it has signed a settlement agreement with Bayer Inc. and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. regarding YESAFILI, Biocon’s proposed biosimilar to EYLEA (aflibercept)....more
Appeals from and redacted memorandum and opinion in support of judgment in Regeneron v. Mylan (aflibercept) BPCIA case filed - As we previously reported, trial in Regeneron Pharmaceutical, Inc.’s BPCIA case against Mylan...more
Approval of Fresenius Kabi’s Tocilizumab Biosimilar in the EU: On September 19, 2023, Fresenius Kabi announced that the European Commission (EC) granted marketing authorization for TYENNE (tocilizumab), a biosimilar...more
Trial in Regeneron’s BPCIA case against Biocon regarding Biocon’s proposed aflibercept biosimilar concluded on June 15, 2023 in the Northern District of West Virginia. As we previously reported, the case was expedited, with...more
In the last week, seven adalimumab biosimilars referencing HUMIRA entered the U.S. market: Boehringer Ingelheim’s CYLTEZO (adalimumab-adbm); Sandoz’s HYRIMOZ (adalimumab-adaz); Organon and Samsung Bioepis’s HADLIMA...more
As we previously reported, Biocon Biologics Ltd. (a subsidiary of Biocon Ltd.) announced its intent to acquire the global biosimilars business of its long-term partner Viatris, Inc. This week, Biocon confirmed completion of...more
On August 31, 2022, Biocon Biologics released a statement regarding three recent on-site FDA inspections of seven manufacturing facilities spanning two sites in Bengaluru, India and one site in Johor, Malaysia. The...more
Biocon Biologics, a subsidiary of Biocon, announced today that it has signed an agreement with Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) to develop advanced cancer therapies for patients in 25 countries in Africa and 5...more
The FDA has deferred its decision on the biologics license application for MYL-1402O, Mylan and Biocon’s biosimilar to Avastin® (bevacizumab). In a December 25th, 2020 company statement, Biocon cited the FDA’s need for more...more
Last week, Biocon Ltd announced the approval of approximately a 150 million USD capital injunction from Goldman Sachs. Dr. Christian Hamacher, CEO, Biocon Biologics, said, “This capital injection by Goldman Sachs will enable...more
We previously reported FDA approval of Mylan and Biocon’s NDA for SEMGLEE (insulin glargine injection). Today, Mylan and Biocon announced the launch of SEMGLEE for the U.S. market. SEMGLEE is a biosimilar of LANTUS, Sanofi’s...more
Mylan and Biocon’s NDA for Semglee (insulin glargine injection), was approved last week by the FDA, making it the third product approved by the FDA through the Mylan-Biocon Biologics collaboration. Semglee’s amino acid...more
This is the third and final part of our update series on the CFTC’s recent Guidance related to the “actual delivery” of a digital asset for purposes of the retail commodity transaction provisions of the Commodity Exchange...more
We previously reported on Judge Chesler’s claim construction order in Sanofi-Aventis v. Mylan et al. concerning Mylan’s proposed insulin glargine pen device, Vystra. This week, following a 5-day bench trial held on December...more
Multiple biosimilar developers recently released statements regarding potential regulatory delays facing their biosimilars or follow-on biologics. ...more
Yesterday, Mylan N.V. and Biocon Ltd. announced the U.S. launch of OGIVRI (trastuzumab-dkst), a biosimilar to HERCEPTIN (trastuzumab). According to the press release, “OGIVRI™ is approved for all indications of...more
As we previously reported, on June 4, 2018, the U.S. FDA approved Mylan and Biocon’s Fulphila™ (pegfilgrastim-jmdb) as the first biosimilar of Neulasta® to obtain approval in the United States. Mylan stated at the time that...more
Last week Biocon announced that it has received EU GMP certification for its biosimilars facility in Bangalore, after an inspection by European agencies this past March. Biocon’s Bangalore biosimilar facilities were also...more
Biocon announced yesterday that it has received marketing authorization approval from the European Commission for Semglee™ (insulin glargine). The decision came after receiving a positive recommendation by the Committee for...more
On February 21, 2018, Biocon reported that the FDA issued a Form 483 with six observations after the FDA completed a pre-approval inspection of the facility where Biocon plans to manufacture, in collaboration with Mylan, its...more
Clover Biopharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage biotech company based in Chengdu, China, and General Electric announced last week that Clover had selected General Electric’s FlexFactory biomanufacturing platform for Clover’s new...more
Last week, Sandoz announced a new collaboration with Asian biopharmaceutical company Biocon to “to develop, manufacture and commercialize multiple biosimilars in immunology and oncology for patients worldwide. Under the terms...more
Below is a roundup of several recently published comparative studies between biosimilars and reference biologics. In a study presented at the American Society of Hematology’s 59th Annual meeting, the authors concluded that...more