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Purple Book Updates - 2023

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​​​​​​​FDA’s Purple Book provides a searchable database of licensed biological products and includes the patent information provided to biosimilar applicants during the BPCIA patent dance. Pursuant to a law enacted in late...more

McDermott Will & Emery

In the Weeds? Humira “Patent Thicket” Isn’t an Antitrust Violation

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The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed that welfare benefit plans that bought the drug Humira did not have valid antitrust claims against the patent owner. The Court found that amassing patents by itself is...more

Morgan Lewis

Blockbuster Biologics Review Issue 15

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Welcome to our quarterly update relating to biologics and biosimilars, including post-grant and patent litigation challenges to blockbuster biologics. Since the enactment of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Northern District of Illinois Holds That a Biosimilar Applicant Is Not a Necessary Party to a BPCIA Lawsuit

On Aug. 23, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois denied Alvotech hf.’s motion to dismiss AbbVie’s biosimilar lawsuit involving its blockbuster arthritis drug, Humira. AbbVie Inc. et al. v....more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases - July 2020

PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK - Immunex Corp. v. Sandoz Inc., Appeal No. 2020-1037 (Fed. Cir. July 1, 2020) - In this Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act case, the Federal Circuit affirmed the bench trial ruling of...more

Haug Partners LLP

FDA And FTC To Scrutinize Biologics Competition

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On February 3, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a joint statement announcing their plans to collaborate in promoting competitive biological product markets and...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Biosimilars in 2020: What’s Ahead

The Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 (BPCIA) was passed as part of health reform signed into law by President Obama in March 2010. This year, the BPCIA turns 10. While the U.S. Biosimilars Pathway has...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] Biosimilars Summit – Legal, Regulatory, and Commercial Strategies – June 24th-25th, New York City, NY

2019 marks the 9th anniversary of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA). ACI has been with you from the introduction of the first House and Senate bills through to the actual signing of the law. As we...more

Jones Day

Federal Circuit Clarifies Probative Value of Patent Dance Statements

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The Situation: The Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act was considered in a November 2017 decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The Result: The court found that the commercial...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Federal Circuit Affirms Apotex Bench Trial Win in Neulasta Biosimilar Suit

On November 13, The Federal Circuit issued a decision affirming a district court judgment that Apotex did not infringe Amgen’s recombinant protein patent in its abbreviated Biologics License Applications referencing Amgen’s...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Following Biosimilar Trial, Jury Awards Amgen $70 Million for Pfizer’s Pre-Approval Infringement of Now-Expired EPO Patent

In one of the first Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA) litigations to reach trial, a jury on Friday awarded Amgen $70 million in damages for Pfizer’s infringement of one of Amgen’s expired patents...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Supreme Court Analyzes Key Provisions of Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009

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In a unanimous decision, the United States Supreme Court has clarified certain portions of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 (BPCIA), concluding (1) that biosimilar makers do not have to wait for...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Solicitor General Recommends that Supreme Court Grant Certiorari in Sandoz v. Amgen

The Federal Circuit's decision in Amgen v. Sandoz, regarding litigation "under" (or at least based upon) the Biologics Price Control and Innovation Act (BPCIA), interpreted for the first time two provisions of the law. The...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

BIO International Convention 2016 Preview

BIO and Biosimilars - The 2016 BIO International Convention begins next week in San Francisco. This convention has become an important destination for all organizations working in the biotechnology space, but the large...more

BakerHostetler

A Split Decision Remains Split; No en banc Review of Amgen v. Sandoz

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On October 16, 2015, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“Federal Circuit”) opted not to rehear its previously issued split decision in the court’s first analysis of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Apotex Follows the Pre-Suit Information Exchange Provisions of the BPCIA

In the first skirmishes between biosimilar makers and innovator companies, biosimilar makers attempted to bypass the litigation provisions of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 (BPCIA) through the...more

Polsinelli

First Biosimilar Drug Now Available; Ongoing Legal Dispute Remains

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The first biosimilar is now available in the United States. Sandoz announced the availability of Zarxio™ (filgrastim-sndz) earlier today, after the Federal Circuit denied Amgen Inc.'s attempt to stall the launch. The launch...more

K&L Gates LLP

The Name Game Continues: AbbVie Files Supplemental Citizen Petition Raising Additional Concerns Regarding Biosimilar Labeling

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AbbVie previously filed a citizen petition to the FDA arguing against its interim labeling requirements for biosimilars under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (“BPCIA”). In its supplemental petition, AbbVie...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

First Federal Register Notice of BPCIA Suit

Yesterday, FDA published notice of Janssen’s lawsuit against Celltrion and Hospira on March 6, 2015 under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 (BPCIA) in the Federal Register. Although Janssen’s lawsuit...more

K&L Gates LLP

BPCIA Statute: Patent Dance Is Optional, But Opting Out Has Consequences

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The Federal Circuit issued a ruling on July 21, 2015 in the Amgen Inc. et al. v. Sandoz Inc., Case No. 2015-1499, appeal after hearing oral arguments on June 3, 2015. See BPCIA: A “Choose Your Own Adventure” Statute?...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Amgen v. Sandoz -- Federal Circuit Oral Argument

The Federal Circuit heard oral arguments in the Amgen v. Sandoz case on Wednesday, June 3, 2015. The three judges on the panel were Judge Newman, Judge Lourie, and Judge Chen. This case is on appeal from the U.S. District...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

BIO International Convention 2015 Preview - BIO and Biosimilars

The 2015 BIO International Convention begins in two weeks in Philadelphia. For the past few years, we have provided a series of previews with the goal of making the large amount of information and opportunities available at...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

The Remicade Biosimilar Patent Dispute

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While Sandoz has grabbed the biosimilar headlines for being the first company to have a product approved under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (its product Zarxio™ (filgrastim-sndz) is a biosimilar of...more

Foley Hoag LLP

Federal Circuit’s Sandoz v. Amgen Decision Forecloses Early Declaratory Judgment Suits by Biosimilars Applicants

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On December 5, in the closely watched Sandoz v. Amgen case, the Federal Circuit held that a biosimilars applicant cannot use the Declaratory Judgment Act to challenge a reference product sponsor's patent prior to filing a...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Celltrion Healthcare Co. v. Kennedy Trust for Rhematology Research (S.D.N.Y. 2014); Hospira Inc. v. Janssen Biotech Inc. (S.D.N.Y....

Earlier this month, Judge Paul Crotty, U.S. District Court Judge for the Southern District of New York handed down rulings in two separate cases related to the biosimilars law (the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation...more

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