The Unified Patent Court (UPC) opened its doors on June 1, 2023. Nineteen actions were initiated during the first six weeks, across a range of subject areas and case values. It had been widely assumed that large companies...more
Unable to reach a last-minute deal with investors, rental car mainstay Hertz filed for bankruptcy late Friday night, doing so “without a clear plan with creditors in place—a rare move for a company of its size.” Though, like...more
In an update on the Amgen v. Coherus appeal regarding Coherus’s biosimilar application for pegfilgrastim, Amgen filed its opening brief on August 20. Amgen’s statement of the issues are...more
Pegfilgrastim litigation - We had previously covered Judge Stark’s grant of Coherus’s motion to dismiss Amgen’s complaint alleging infringement of the ‘707 patent in Amgen v. Coherus. Today, Judge Stark entered judgment...more
Last week, in the ongoing Immunex v. Sanofi patent litigation regarding Immunex’s claims of infringement against Sanofi and Regeneron’s Dupixent® (dupilumab) product, the Defendants moved for summary judgment of invalidity of...more
As we reported earlier this year, on January 6, 2017, Judge Robinson of the District of Delaware entered a permanent injunction prohibiting the sale of Sanofi and Regeneron’s Praluent® (alirocumab) product after the...more
As we previously reported, Immunex sued Sanofi and Regeneron earlier this year in the Central District of California alleging that the sale of Sanofi and Regeneron’s FDA-approved Dupixent® (dupilumab) product would infringe...more
Yesterday during Regeneron Pharmaceutical’s Q2 earnings call, Regeneron announced that its Antibody Discovery Agreement with Sanofi will be ending on December 31, 2017 without an extension. Regeneron’s President and Chief...more
We previously reported that Sanofi and Regeneron filed a declaratory judgment action seeking a ruling that its approved Dupixent® (dupilumab) product does not infringe Amgen’s U.S. Pat. 8,679,487 (“the ’487 patent”), and that...more
On April 5, Immunex (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Amgen) filed a complaint against Sanofi and Regeneron related to Sanofi and Regeneron’s Dupixent® (dupilumab) product, which received FDA approval last week. Immunex’s...more
On February 8, the Federal Circuit issued a stay of the permanent injunction granted against the sale of Sanofi and Regeneron’s Praluent® (alirocumab). The injunction was to have become effective on February 21, 2017, but as...more