The enactment of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (“BPCIA”) in 2010 established for the first time ever in the US an abbreviated pathway for obtaining FDA approval of a new biological product that is deemed...more
7/14/2020
/ Biosimilars ,
BPCIA ,
Corporate Branding ,
FDA Approval ,
Hatch-Waxman ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Patent Prosecution ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Preliminary Injunctions
In Sandoz Inc. v. Amgen Inc., the Supreme Court brought greater certainty to two key issues relating to the “patent dance” under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA). First, the Court held that where a...more
6/13/2017
/ Amgen ,
Biologics ,
Biosimilars ,
BPCIA ,
Commercial Marketing ,
Declaratory Judgments ,
FDA Approval ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Notice Requirements ,
Patent Dance ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Preemption ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Sandoz ,
Sandoz v Amgen ,
SCOTUS ,
State Law Claims ,
Unfair Competition
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
3/23/2015
/ Amgen ,
Biologics ,
BPCIA ,
Commercial Marketing ,
Conversion ,
Dismissals ,
FDA Approval ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Notice Requirements ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Preemption ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Sandoz ,
Sandoz v Amgen ,
Unfair Competition