On September 29, 2023, Biogen announced the FDA approval of TOFIDENCE (tocilizumab-bavi) intravenous formulation which is the first tocilizumab biosimilar approved by the FDA in the United States. TOFIDENCE is...more
As we previously reported, Biogen sued Sandoz and Polpharma (“Defendants”) in a BPCIA litigation related to Defendants’ natalizumab biosimilar. On October 19, 2022, Biogen filed a Motion for Preliminary Injunction and Motion...more
In October 2022, we reported that Biogen was seeking a preliminary injunction in its BPCIA case brought in the District of Delaware against Sandoz relating to Sandoz’s proposed multiple sclerosis biosimilar of TYSABRI...more
On December 9, 2022, Biogen announced that the FDA has accepted for review an aBLA for BIIB800, Biogen’s tocilizumab biosimilar candidate. BIIB800 references Genetech’s ACTEMRA product, which is an anti-interleukin-6...more
Biogen seeks a preliminary injunction in its BPCIA case against Sandoz related to Sandoz’s proposed biosimilar of TYSABRI (natalizumab). On October 20, 2022, the Court issued a sealed order on the parties’ joint...more
Biogen Inc. (“Biogen”) recently announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has accepted the marketing authorization application for BIIB800 (BAT1806), a biosimilar candidate referencing Roche’s ACTEMRA...more
On June 2, 2022, Biogen Inc. and Samsung Bioepis Co., Ltd. announced that BYOOVIZ™ (ranibizumab-nuna), a biosimilar referencing Genentech’s LUCENTIS®, will be available in the United States on July 1, 2022. BYOOVIZ™ is the...more
Below are some highlights from first quarter 2022 earnings reports recently released by biologics and biosimilars companies: Biogen: Last week, Biogen reported total quarterly revenues of $2,532 million, and biosimilar...more
On February 7, 2022, Biogen Inc. and Xbrane Biopharma AB announced that they had entered into a commercialization and license agreement related to Xcimzane, a certolizumab pegol biosimilar referencing CIMZIA. Under the...more
Samsung Bioepis, Co. Ltd. and Biogen Inc. announced yesterday that their biosimilar product BYOOVIZ™ (ranibizumab-nuna) was approved by FDA. BYOOVIZ™ is a biosimilar to LUCENTIS®, which is indicated for the treatment of...more
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
It has been nearly 10 years since the U.S. Biosimilars Pathway (the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act) was enacted. The first biosimilar product in U.S. history was approved and launched in 2015. Ten biosimilars...more
On December 6, 2019, the Federal Circuit will hear oral argument in a rituximab-related appeal by Biogen. The appeal stems from a final written decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) in an inter partes review...more
Yesterday, Samsung Bioepis and Biogen announced pooled analysis results that will be presented this week at the 2018 Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR). Data from three separate Phase III randomized,...more
Below are recent updates in biosimilar-related IPR proceedings: GENERAL BIOLOGICS PATENTS - On December 1, 2017, the Board granted institution of four IPRs on Celltrion’s petitions (IPR2017-01373 and IPR2017-01374) and...more
Last month, researchers published results from a randomized phase I clinical trial of CT-P10, a biosimilar candidate to rituximab, comparing the pharmacokinetics parameters and safety profiles in patients with rheumatoid...more
At the Annual European Congress on Rheumatology (EULAR 2016), held last week in London, Samsung Bioepis presented new clinical data on its etanercept, adalimumab, and infliximab biosimilars. According to a press release from...more
Samsung Bioepis – the joint venture between Samsung and Biogen Idec – has started a phase III clinical trial for a biosimilar version of Roche’s cancer drug Avastin (bevacizumab). Bevacizumab slows the growth of new blood...more
On November 19, 2015, the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) gave a positive opinion, recommending marketing authorization of Benepali, the first biosimilar of Enbrel...more