We previously reported on Shanghai Henlius’s (“Henlius”) biosimilar developments, including their announcement of an exclusive license agreement with Mabxience Research, S.L. to develop and commercialize their trastuzumab biosimilar, HLX02. This week, Henlius jointly announced with Accord Healthcare Limited that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the…
As we previously reported, Mylan filed a number of IPR petitions challenging a total of seven of Sanofi-Aventis’s patents related to Lantus® (insulin glargine injection). On May 29, 2020, the PTAB issued Final Written Decisions in eight of Mylan’s pending petitions concerning four patents finding most of the challenged claims…
Today, a panel of the Federal Circuit (Judges Moore, O’Malley, and Hughes) heard oral argument in Genentech v. Amgen. The case is on appeal from the District of Delaware, where the court denied Genentech’s motion for preliminary injunction to halt sales of Amgen’s bevacizumab biosimilar product, MVASI. As we have…
We have previously posted on the partnership between Revance and Mylan on a biosimilar to BOTOX®. Following favorable feedback from FDA and recent results from additional characterization and analysis studies performed by Revance, it was announced this week that Mylan plans to move forward with a development plan, under a…
Fresenius Kabi announced on May 27, 2020 that the FDA “accepted for review the company’s Biologics License Application (BLA) for MSB11455,” a biosimilar candidate of NEULASTA (pegfilgrastim). According to the press release, this is Fresenius Kabi’s first biosimilar candidate submitted to the FDA. Fresenius Kabi also received acceptance for review…
We have previously reported on the class action suit against AbbVie alleging misconduct and antitrust violations in connection with AbbVie’s assertion of patents to prevent the sale of biosimilar versions of Humira® in the United States. AbbVie had moved to dismiss the lawsuit. On May 15, 2020, the plaintiffs filed…
Revance Therapeutics, Mylan, and Formycon have announced updates to their biosimilar plans. In the Q1 2020 Earnings Conference Call on May 7, 2020, Revance updated investors on the biosimilar to BOTOX® program in potential partnership with Mylan. Revance informed investors that Mylan had requested additional information from Revance, and would…
A new study funded by Sandoz related to the budget impact of expanding patient access to biosimilar pegfilgrastim (Ziextenzo) was presented during the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy’s AMCP eLearning Days virtual meeting in April. The study found that expanding access to Ziextenzo to patients with intermediate risk of developing febrile…
On May 8, 2020, AbbVie announced that it completed its acquisition of Allergan plc, having received approval by the Irish High Court. AbbVie and Allergan had previously announced, on May 5, 2020, that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission accepted the proposed consent order in connection with the acquisition. As part of…
In a study published in Clinical Therapeutics on April 22, AryoGen Pharmed’s proposed bevacizumab biosimilar, BE1040V (STIVANT), was found to be noninferior to the reference product (AVASTIN) in a Phase III clinical trial in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. AryoGen Pharmed is a pharmaceutical manufacturer based in Iran that specializes…