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On February 11, 2020, in the Biogen v. Amgen BPCIA litigation regarding MVASI (bevacizumab-awwb), Amgen’s biosimilar of AVASTIN, Judge Colm Connolly of the Delaware District Court denied most of Genentech’s motion to dismiss...more
Can a party that did not submit an abbreviated biologics license application or an abbreviated new drug application, but will market the biosimilar or generic product after U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval, be sued...more
In March this year, Amgen sued Adello Biologics under the BPCIA in the District of New Jersey for infringement of seventeen patents, based on Adello’s submission of an aBLA for a biosimilar of Neupogen® (filgrastim). In...more
Below is an update on recent developments in several litigations involving biosimilar products. Amgen v. Sandoz (filgrastim, pegfilgrastim): As we previously reported, the district court granted summary judgment of...more
Last month, in Celltrion, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc., District Judge Jeffrey S. White of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted two motions to dismiss filed by Defendants Genentech, Inc.; Hoffman...more
In a recent decision involving the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act ("BPCIA") (Genentech, Inc. and City of Hope v. Amgen Inc.) the Delaware District Court dismissed a claim seeking to enforce a statement of...more
We previously reported that in the ongoing Genentech v. Amgen litigation regarding Amgen’s proposed bevacizumab biosimilar, Mvasi™, Amgen moved to dismiss Genentech’s declaratory judgement counts relating to when Amgen could...more
By Memorandum Opinion entered by The Honorable Gregory M. Sleet in Genentech, Inc. et al. v. Amgen Inc., Civil Action No. 17-1407-GMS (D.Del. April 17, 2018), the Court granted defendant Amgen’s motion to dismiss the claim of...more
As we previously reported, Genentech has filed two pending cases (Case Nos. 1:17-cv-01407 and 1:17-cv-01471) in the District of Delaware related to Amgen’s proposed Mvasi (bevacizumab-awwb), a biosimilar of Genentech’s...more
We previously reported, Amgen filed a BPCIA suit against Coherus Biosciences, Inc., relating to its aBLA for its pegfilgrastim (Neulasta®) biosimilar. In response, Coherus filed a motion to dismiss the suit arguing that...more
As we previously reported in the dispute brought by Janssen against Hospira and Celltrion regarding infliximab, Defendants filed a motion to dismiss the 2015 and 2016 consolidated actions for lack of standing. In those...more
The Federal Circuit has now issued two decisions interpreting the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 (BPCIA). In Amgen v. Sandoz, the first decision to interpret the BPCIA, the majority held that...more
As we reported, in a litigation regarding Hospira’s planned biosimilar for Amgen’s epoetin alfa, sold under the brand names Epogen and Procrit, in May, 2016, the District Court (D.Del., J. Andrews) denied Amgen’s motion to...more
The Federal Circuit has denied Hospira’s motion to dismiss Amgen’s appeal of a discovery order in an underlying BPCIA district court litigation (Civil Action No. 15-cv-00839, D. Del.) and has instructed the parties to address...more
The District Court (D. Del., J. Andrews) has denied Hospira’s Motion to Dismiss in Amgen v. Hospira. As we’ve covered previously (see our posts here and here), Hospira moved to dismiss Count I of Amgen’s amended...more
As we covered in a previous post, the Court in Amgen v. Hospira ruled on some novel issues relating to litigation under the BPCIA during a hearing on discovery issues a few months ago. Background: To recap: this...more
Judge Chesler of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey has dismissed one of Amgen’s pending lawsuits against Sandoz under the U.S. biosimilar statute, the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act...more
180-Day Notice Period for Biosimilar Approval Is Always Mandatory and Enforceable by Injunction - Amgen Inc., v. Apotex Inc., (Fed. Cir. July 5, 2016) - A year after analyzing the patent dance and notice...more
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In a recent hearing held in Amgen v. Hospira, the parties offered arguments on some novel issues relating to litigation under the BPCIA, particularly: - ..Whether a reference product sponsor (“RPS”) can compel a...more
Federal Circuit Interprets Statutory Requirements for Biosimilar Regulatory Pathway - Amgen Inc., v. Sandoz Inc., (Fed. Cir. July 21, 2015): In a case of first impression, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal...more
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Under 35 U.S.C. § 271(e), filing an Abbreviated Biologics License Application (aBLA)—like filing an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA)— can be an act of patent infringement resulting in ‘artificial’ injury to a patentee....more