On February 28, 2025, the FDA approved Celltrion’s Stoboclo® / Osenvelt® (denosumab-bmwo) as the third company to receive FDA approval of biosimilars of Amgen’s Prolia® / Xgeva® (denosumab). ...more
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
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
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
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
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
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
As we have previously reported on Sandoz’s Biologics License Application (“BLA”) for its proposed biosimilar to Neulasta® (pegfilgrastim), Sandoz received a complete response letter from FDA, and had resubmitted its...more
On May 8, 2019, the Federal Circuit issued a precedential opinion affirming a district court’s finding of noninfringement in an action brought under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (“BPCIA”). Amgen Inc. et...more
During the period leading up to the holidays, a number of biosimilar developers announced updates regarding their biosimilar pipelines. On December 5, Pfizer notified the European Medicine Agency’s Committee for Medicinal...more
The FDA announced today that it has approved Sandoz’s biosimilar Hyrimoz (adalimumab-adaz). The FDA had previously approved adalimumab biosimilars from Amgen and Boehringer Ingelheim....more
On July 20, 2018, FDA approved Pfizer’s biosimilar of Amgen’s Neupogen® (filgrastim). Pfizer’s product, Nivestym™, is the second biosimilar of Neupogen to be approved after Sandoz’s Zarxio®, the first approved biosimilar in...more
This week, the American Conference Institute held its Ninth Annual Summit on Biosimilars in New York City to discuss the latest developments regarding the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA). ...more
As biosimilar litigation between Amgen, the maker of Enbrel® (etanercept), and Sandoz, the maker of biosimilar ErelziTM (etanercept-szzs) heads toward trial before Judge Claire Cecchi in the District of New Jersey, Sandoz is...more
Since the passage of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA), 2017 has been the most active year yet for drug manufacturers. Fish attorneys Tasha Francis, Jenny Shmuel, and Brianna Chamberlin addressed the...more
On remand from the Supreme Court of the United States, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 (BPCIA), state law claims and remedies are not...more
Case Name: Allergan Sales, LLC v. Sandoz. Inc., Nos. 2017-1499, 2017-1500, 2017-1558, 2017-1559, 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 26312 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 22, 2017) (Circuit Judges Moore, Mayer, and Hughes presiding; Opinion by Hughes, J.)...more
On December 14, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit again interpreted the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act ("BPCIA"). In Amgen Inc. et al. v. Sandoz Inc., 15-cv-1499 (Fed. Cir. 2017), the...more
2017 was an eventful year for biosimilars in the U.S. As the number of biosimilar filings increased, important legal and regulatory decisions changed the strategic landscape of the biosimilars market for both innovators and...more
On December 14, the Federal Circuit issued a decision that further clarifies the ground rules for disclosures of product information by manufacturers of biosimilar pharmaceutical products. In particular, the Federal Circuit...more
Case Name: Millennium Pharms., Inc. v. Sandoz Inc., Nos. 2015-2066, 2016-1008, -1009, -1010, -1109, -1110, -1283, -1762, 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 12702 (Fed. Cir. July 17, 2017) (Circuit Judges Newman, Mayer, and O’Malley...more
On June 12, 2017, in a unanimous decision authored by Justice Thomas in Amgen Inc. v. Sandoz Inc., the United States Supreme Court considered the complex statutory scheme that attempts to expedite resolution of patent...more
Case Name: Teva Pharms. USA, Inc. v. Sandoz Inc., Civ. No. 17-275(FLW), 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 78002 (D.N.J. May 23, 2017) (Wolfson, J.)....more
Novartis recently released its Q2 2017 financials, which included updates on various biosimilar products in its subsidiary Sandoz’s pipeline. Pegfligrastim - As we previously reported last July, the FDA last year...more
In Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Sandoz, the Federal Circuit reversed the district court decision that invalidated one of the Orange Book-listed patents covering the anti-cancer drug Velcade. In so doing, the court...more