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Regeneron Files BPCIA Complaint Against Sandoz Regarding Aflibercept Biosimilar

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On August 26, 2024, Regeneron filed a BPCIA complaint in the District Court for the District of New Jersey against Sandoz Inc. related to Sandoz’s ENVEEZU (aflibercept-abzv)....more

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Regeneron Files BPCIA Complaint Against Sandoz’s EYLEA® Biosimilar Enzeevu™ Following FDA Approval

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Regeneron filed an eighth BPCIA litigation (Case No. 2:24-cv-08760 (D.N.J.)) related to an EYLEA® (aflibercept) biosimilar, against Sandoz’s Enzeevu™ (aflibercept-abzv).  The Complaint alleges infringement of 46 of...more

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Sandoz v Bayer: Ethical issues and determining obviousness for patents in the UK

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The English High Court has held that a patent relating to a once-daily dosing of an active ingredient was invalid for lack of inventive step over prior art posters presented to the public at conferences. The decision has been...more

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Amgen and Sandoz Settle Prolia® / Xgeva® Biosimilar Litigation

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Amgen and Sandoz reached a settlement in Case No. 1:23-cv-02406 (D.N.J.) on April 29 just hours before a New Jersey District Court Judge (Christine O’Hearn) was scheduled to announce her ruling on Amgen’s preliminary...more

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The First Prolia® / Xgeva® Biosimilar Approvals in the U.S.

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On March 5, 2024, the FDA approved Sandoz’s Jubbonti® and Wyost® (denosumab-bddz) as the first biosimilars of Amgen’s Prolia® and Xgeva® (denosumab). The launch date for these biosimilars has not been announced as Amgen and...more

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PTAB Rejects Double-Dose of Prior Art

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In Sandoz Inc. v. Acerta Pharma B.V. (IPR2023-00478), a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) panel denied IPR institution where the asserted prior art was cumulative of that considered during prosecution. This denial...more

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Amgen Inc. v. Sandoz Inc. Otezla® (Apremilast)

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Case Name: Amgen Inc. v. Sandoz Inc., Nos. 2022-1147, 2022-1149, 2022-1150, 2022-1151, 2023 WL 2994166 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 19, 2023) (Circuit Judges Lourie, Cunningham, and Stark presiding; Opinion by Lourie, J.) (Appeal from...more

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Court Denies Motion for Preliminary Injunction in Biogen v. Sandoz Natalizumab BPCIA Litigation

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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

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Biogen Seeks Preliminary Injunction in Natilizumab BPCIA Litigation - Hearing Scheduled for May 17

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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

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Amgen Files BPCIA Complaint Against Sandoz Regarding Denosumab

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On May 1, 2023, Amgen filed a BPCIA complaint in the District of New Jersey against Sandoz related to Sandoz’s denosumab biosimilar of Amgen’s PROLIA® and XGEVA®. This is Amgen’s first BPCIA case filed with respect to a...more

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Biogen Seeks a Preliminary Injunction in Natalizumab BPCIA Case Against Sandoz

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​​​​​​​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

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Sandoz granted leave to add new allegations on condition of trial adjournment and extension of 24-month stay

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In a decision rendered on August 17, 2022, the Federal Court granted Sandoz Canada Inc (Sandoz) leave to amend its Statement of Defence to add new allegations, contingent on an adjournment of the trial and an extension of a...more

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Biogen Files Sealed Complaint Against Sandoz and Polpharma Biologics Regarding Natalizumab

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​​​​​​​On September 9, 2022, Biogen filed a complaint in the District of Delaware against Sandoz and Polpharma Biologics. Biogen’s complaint is filed under seal.  Based on the list of 28 asserted patents, the case appears to...more

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PM(NOC) Regulations: Fourth year following major amendments

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September 21, 2021 marked the fourth anniversary of the significant amendments to the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations (Regulations). This article provides an update on activities in the fourth year...more

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Why Obviousness-type Double Patent Analysis Isn’t Obvious

Over the last seven years there has been commotion in Obviousness-type Double Patenting (“ODP”) practice. One of the latest cases to spur a considerable amount of interest is Mitsubishi Tanabe Corp. v. Sandoz, Inc., which is...more

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Supreme Court of Canada denies Amgen leave to appeal decision invalidating its filgrastim patent

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As previously reported, Amgen sought leave to appeal a decision of the Federal Court of Appeal (2020 FCA 188) affirming Justice Southcott’s decision that the relevant claims of its filgrastim (NEUPOGEN) patent were invalid...more

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Sandoz Petitions the Supreme Court for Review of Enbrel® Patent License

The fight over proposed Enbrel® (etanercept) biosimilar Erelzi® continues. Sandoz Inc., Sandoz International GmbH and Sandoz GmbH (“Sandoz”) recently filed a petition for certiorari requesting review of the judgement of the...more

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Biosimilars 2020 Year in Review

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Introduction - The biosimilar pathway was designed to increase competition for biologics and reduce healthcare costs. Yet 2020 saw a slowdown in biosimilar activity with the lowest number of annual biosimilar approvals since...more

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Federal Circuit Refuses to Reconsider Its Panel Decision Finding No Common Ownership of Immunex’s Enbrel Patent

Last week, the Federal Circuit denied Sandoz’s petition for an en banc rehearing of its precedential July 1st panel decision upholding two of Immunex’s patents covering Enbrel®... ...more

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Divided Federal Circuit Affirms Result in Immunex v. Sandoz Etanercept Litigation

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We previously reported on the decision by the District of New Jersey (Cecchi, J.) to uphold the validity of U.S. Patent No. 8,063,182, related to “the fusion protein etanercept, the active ingredient in Immunex’s product...more

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Biosimilars - 2019 Year in Review

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Introduction - In many ways, 2019 was a notable year for biosimilars in the U.S. FDA approved the 26th biosimilar product and the 13th biosimilar product was launched in the U.S. market. These developments were...more

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Another Biosimilar Litigation Settlement: Amgen v. Tanvex (Filgrastim)

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Following last month’s dismissal of the Amgen v. Kashiv filgrastim biosimilar litigation, yesterday Amgen and Tanvex filed a joint stipulation of dismissal in their BPCIA litigation concerning Tanvex’s filgrastim biosimilar...more

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The Doctrine of Equivalents in BPCIA Litigation

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As of the end of 2019, reference product sponsors (“RPSs”) have filed dozens of patent infringement cases against biosimilar manufacturers under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (“BPCIA”). The doctrine of...more

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2019 Year-End Biosimilar Litigation Roundup

As 2019 draws to a close, a handful of actions regarding biologics are pending in the federal courts. The current cases are listed below, in order from most-recently-filed to oldest....more

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Amgen and Kashiv Ask District Court to Dismiss Their Filgrastim Biosimilar Litigation

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On November 22, 2019, the parties in the Amgen v. Kashiv BPCIA litigation, concerning Kashiv’s proposed biosimilar of NEUPOGEN (filgrastim), submitted a stipulation of dismissal indicating that they have “agree[d] to the...more

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