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Spotlight On: Biosimilar Litigations - October 2024

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Biosimilar Litigations include litigations relating to biosimilar/follow-on products of CDER-listed reference products. Litigations between biosimilar applicants/manufacturers and reference product sponsors as well as...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

In re Cellect in View of Supreme Court's "Long Conference" – Part II

In view of the Supreme Court's "long conference" on September 30th, it seems timely to review the arguments, pro, con, and amicus briefs submitted to the Court asking for certiorari over the Federal Circuit's In re...more

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Spotlight On: Enbrel® (etanercept) / Erelzi® (etanercept-szzs) / Eticovo® (etanercept-ykro) - October 2024

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Etanercept Challenged Claim Types in IPR and Litigation: Claims include those challenged in litigations and IPRs. Claims are counted in each litigation and IPR, so claims from the same patent challenged in multiple...more

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PM(NOC) Regulations: seven-year anniversary of major amendments

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September 21, 2024, marked the seventh anniversary of the significant amendments to the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations (Regulations). This article provides an update on activities in the seventh year...more

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Patent Poetry: Federal Circuit Vacates Ruling for Failing to Apply Presumption of Patent Validity

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The Federal Circuit has vacated a District of Delaware ruling in a patent case which found that patent claims asserted by Astellas Pharma were invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101 for being directed to an abstract idea. The Federal...more

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Federal Circuit Patent Watch: The Party Presentation Rule: Parties Map the Course of Litigation, Not Judges

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Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions - 1.  ASTELLAS PHARMA v. SANDOZ INC. [OPINION] (2023-2032, 2023-2063, 2023-2089, 9/18/24) (Lourie, Prost, Reyna) - Lourie, J. The Court vacated and remanded the district...more

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Novartis Pharma AG v. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2024)

Ever since the Supreme Court's decision in Dickinson v. Zurko, federal courts (including the Federal Circuit) are compelled under the Administrative Procedures Act to review factual determinations by the U.S. Patent and...more

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Patent Case Summaries | Week Ending September 20, 2024

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Vascular Solutions LLC, et al. v. Medtronic, Inc., et al., No. 2024-1398 (Fed. Cir. (D. Minn.) Sept. 16, 2024). Opinion by Mazzant (sitting by designation), joined by Moore and Prost....more

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Preliminary Injunction Denied Against Amgen in Aflibercept BPCIA Litigation

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In a sealed order that issued on September 24, 2024, the District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia denied a preliminary injunction against Amgen in the aflibercept BPCIA litigation. ...more

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Preliminary Injunction Against Amgen’s EYLEA® Biosimilar Pavblu™ Denied

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On September 23, 2024, Regeneron’s motion for a preliminary injunction against the commercial launch of Amgen’s EYLEA® (aflibercept) biosimilar Pavblu™ (aflibercept-ayyh) was denied in Case No. 1:24-cv-00039 (N.D.W. Va.) /...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

U.S. Patent Office Enablement Guidelines in View of Supreme Court Amgen v. Sanofi Decision

The U.S. Patent Office has published updated examination guidelines regarding the enablement requirement in view of the Supreme Court’s May 2023 decision in Amgen v. Sanofi. The guidelines generally reiterate that (1)...more

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Supreme Court of Canada to hear method of medical treatment appeal

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On September 19, 2024, the Supreme Court of Canada granted Pharmascience leave to appeal a Federal Court of Appeal decision affirming a trial decision that upheld the validity of Janssen’s patent relating to paliperidone...more

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Federal Circuit Rebukes District Court for Patent Eligibility Decision Involving Extended-Release Formulation Patent

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit admonished the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware on Wednesday for abuse of its discretion in finding the disputed claims invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101, “a...more

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Amarin v. Hikma: Defining the Limits of Protection That Skinny Labels Afford

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On August 22, 2024, Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. and Hikma Pharmaceuticals, PLC (collectively Hikma), filed a petition for rehearing en banc, asking the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to reconsider its recent...more

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Astellas Pharma, Inc. v. Sandoz Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2024)

One of the anticipated consequences of the Supreme Court's Loper decision is that it will unleash judges to impose their statutory interpretations of administrative agencies' applications of the law within their areas of...more

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Should the Experimental Use Exception Be Broadened?

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On June 28, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) requested the public’s views on the current state of the common law experimental use exception to patent infringement and whether legislative action...more

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Alteogen Seeks Approval for Aflibercept Biosimilar in Korea

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​​​​​​​On September 13, 2024, Alteogen announced that it has applied for marketing authorization in Korea for ALT-L9, an aflibercept biosimilar of EYLEA®. According to Alteogen, a 12-country Phase 3 study showed that ALT-L9...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Understanding Preliminary Injunction: A Review of a Recent Federal Circuit Decision

This Federal Circuit opinion addresses a district court’s decision granting plaintiff’s motion for a preliminary injunction. Background - Plaintiff Natera, Inc. (“Natera”) and defendant NeoGenomics Laboratories, Inc....more

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Alexion and Samsung Settle Eculizumab BPCIA Case

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​​​​​​​On August 30, 2024, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Alexion Pharma International Operations Ltd. (collectively, “Alexion”) and Samsung Bioepis Co. Ltd. (“Samsung Bioepis”) settled their BPCIA dispute related to...more

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Spotlight On: Actemra® (tocilizumab) / Tofidence™ (tocilizumab-bavi) / Tyenne® (tocilizumab-aazg) - September 2024

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Tocilizumab Challenged Claim Types in IPRs: Claims are counted in each IPR, so claims from the same patent challenged in multiple IPRs are counted more than once. Within each IPR, claims are counted only once, whether they...more

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Generically Speaking: A Hatch-Waxman Litigation Bulletin Second Quarter - New ANDA Cases

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This chart summarizes the case name, presiding judge, drug, and patents-at-issue in all federal district court cases that are filed pursuant to the Hatch-Waxman Act. It also includes the same information for proceedings...more

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Generically Speaking: A Hatch-Waxman Litigation Bulletin Second Quarter - Generic Launches

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This chart tracks the date, drug, reference-listed company, applicant, and indications of publicly available drug launches resulting from Abbreviated New Drug Applications and 505(b)(2) Applications....more

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Spotlight On: Neulasta® (pegfilgrastim) / Fulphila® (pegfilgrastim-jmdb) / Udenyca® (pegfilgrastim-cbqv) / Ziextenzo®...

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Pegfilgrastim Challenged Claim Types in IPR and Litigation: Claims include those challenged in litigations and IPRs. Claims are counted in each litigation and IPR, so claims from the same patent challenged in multiple...more

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Spotlight On: Enbrel® (etanercept) / Erelzi® (etanercept-szzs) / Eticovo® (etanercept-ykro) - September 2024

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Etanercept Challenged Claim Types in IPR and Litigation: Claims include those challenged in litigations and IPRs. Claims are counted in each litigation and IPR, so claims from the same patent challenged in multiple...more

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Spotlight On: Herceptin® (trastuzumab) / Ogivri® (trastuzumab-dkst) / Herzuma® (trastuzumab-pkrb) / Ontruzant® (trastuzumab-dttb)...

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Trastuzumab Challenged Claim Types in IPR and Litigation: Claims include those challenged in litigations and IPRs. Claims are counted in each litigation and IPR, so claims from the same patent challenged in multiple...more

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