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On October 24, 2014, Amgen initiated the first litigation under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (“BPCIA”), asserting infringement of two patents. Over the last two calendar years, Amgen, Biogen, Genentech,...more
Today, in the Genentech v. Amgen BPCIA litigation concerning Amgen’s MVASI (bevacizumab-awwb) biosimilar product, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued an opinion affirming the district court’s denial of...more
On March 30, in the Genentech v. Amgen trastuzumab and bevacizumab biosimilar patent litigations, Delaware District Judge Connolly ordered the appointment of a special master to handle the parties’ requests to seal various...more
We have previously reported on the BPCIA Genentech v. Amgen cases relating to trastuzumab and bevacizumab. This week, Judge Connolly construed the term “following fermentation” as it relates to U.S. Patent No. 8,574,869 (“the...more
Following the oral argument two days ago, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit today affirmed the lower court’s denial of Genentech’s motion for a preliminary injunction to enjoin sales of Amgen’s KANJINTI...more
We previously reported on Genentech’s appeal of the district court’s denial of Genentech’s motion for a preliminary injunction against Amgen’s launch of trastuzumab. Today, a Federal Circuit panel (Judges Prost, Wallach, and...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
Below we provide an update on some recent developments from several biosimilar-related cases on appeal before the Federal Circuit. Genentech v. Immunex Rhode Island, Fed. Cir. Case No. 19-2155 – briefing complete in...more
Below we provide an update on some recent developments from this and recent weeks in biosimilar-related cases on appeal before the Federal Circuit. Genentech v. Hospira & U.S., Fed. Cir. Case No. 18-1933 – protein...more
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
As we start the new year, we look back at the top U.S. biosimilar market developments of 2019. Here are some of our highlights, in no particular order...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
Here are some recent developments in U.S. legal proceedings relating to biosimilars: On December 10, 2018, in the Southern District of Florida, Apotex filed a motion to dismiss the patent infringement complaint that Amgen...more
More than a dozen BPCIA patent litigations are currently pending in various U.S. district courts. Below are some highlights of activity in some of those cases from this month....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
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
As we previously reported, on October 6, 2017, Amgen and Genentech filed separate lawsuits regarding Amgen’s bevacizumab biosimilar (MVASI®), with Amgen filing for declaratory judgment in C.D. Cal. of non-infringement,...more
Amgen paints a different picture as to the bad actor during the parties’ negotiations pursuant to the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act. Shortly after Amgen received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...more
We previously reported on Amgen’s complaint in the Central District of California seeking a declaratory judgment that 27 Genentech patents are not infringed by Genentech’s bevacizumab biosimilar (Mvasi®). On November 15,...more
We reported earlier on Genentech’s complaint in the District of Delaware alleging that Amgen’s MVASI™ (bevacizumab-awwb) infringes over twenty Genentech patents, and Amgen’s motion to transfer that complaint to the Central...more
We previously reported on Amgen’s complaint, in the Central District of California, seeking a declaratory judgment that MvasiTM (bevacizumab-awwb) does not infringe 27 Genentech patents, that those patents are invalid, and...more
Amgen and Genentech have become embroiled in a novel procedural dispute relating to Mvasi, Amgen’s biosimilar of Genentech’s Avastin (bevacizumab). On October 6, in a complaint filed in the Central District of California,...more
We reported earlier that on October 6, Amgen filed a complaint in the Central District of California seeking a declaratory judgment against Genentech that MVASITM (bevacizumab-awwb), Amgen’s recently approved biosimilar of...more
We reported earlier this month that, in early October, Genentech filed a complaint under seal against Amgen in the District of Delaware based on Amgen’s FDA-approved aBLA for MVASI® (bevacizumab-awwb), a biosimilar of...more
Bevacizumab (Avastin®) is the subject of the widely watched “patent dance” dispute between Genentech and Amgen regarding Amgen’s proposed biosimilar. Hospira, however, (now owned by Pfizer) has chosen a different path in...more