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Welcome to Venable’s BiologicsHQ Monthly Injection – October 2024...more
On July 8, 2024, Regeneron, Mylan, Celltrion, and Apotex jointly stipulated to the dismissal of CAFC Appeal Nos. 23-1395 and 23-1396, appealing the Final Written Decisions finding all challenged claims of U.S. Patent Nos....more
Welcome to Venable’s BiologicsHQ Monthly Injection – July 2024...more
It has been 13 years since the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA) was enacted and biosimilars had a pathway to enter the U.S. market. While there have been challenges over this time, the U.S. biosimilar...more
Kevin DeJong (Senior Editor) and Shweta Kumar (Editor) from the Big Molecule Watch recently interviewed Rachel Goode, Ph.D. to discuss an article she recently co-authored, “Biological patent thickets and delayed access to...more
2022 heralded the next chapter for biosimilars in the United States, including U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of biosimilars in new therapeutic areas, additional interchangeable designations, and litigation...more
In June 2021, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published an update to its study of America Invents Act (AIA) trials involving challenges to Orange Book-listed and biologic patents from September 16, 2012, through...more
[co-author: Jamie Dohopolski] Love it or hate it, ignore the USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) at your peril. The introduction of the PTAB as part of the America Invents Act over ten years ago has forever changed...more
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
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 BPCIA, 29 biosimilars have been approved, 16...more
Welcome to our quarterly update relating to biologics and biosimilars, including post-grant and patent litigation challenges to blockbuster biologics. The BPCIA celebrated its 10-year anniversary on March 23, 2020. During...more
As we close out another calendar year, we look back at the top legal developments of 2019 that could influence the market for biologics and biosimilars. These five major court decisions will likely impact the legal strategy...more
Sen. Orrin Hatch has introduced a bill that would augment the Hatch-Waxman Act, limiting challengers ability to proceed with patent challenges both in court and at the PTAB. Following is the introduction of the “Hatch-Waxman...more
On June 13, Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), co-author of the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act (aka the “Hatch-Waxman Act”), proposed an amendment in the Senate Judiciary Committee to modify the inter partes...more
Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), the namesake and coauthor of the Hatch-Waxman Act, proposed (but has not yet introduced) an amendment titled the “Hatch-Waxman Integrity Act of 2018” during the Senate Judiciary Committee held on...more
As we noted in this article on PTAB Trial Insights, Senator Hatch (R-UT) has introduced the Hatch-Waxman Integrity Act, which is intended to restore the brand-generic balance many say has been skewed by Inter Partes Review...more
The America Invents Act established inter partes review and post-grant reviews mechanisms to challenge the validity of issued United States patents. These procedures were created to improve patent quality, and were introduced...more
The biologics industry has been eagerly awaiting the Federal Circuit’s ruling on Sandoz Inc.’s (“Sandoz”) appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California’s dismissal of its declaratory...more