On August 21, 2025, Alvotech and Advanz Pharma Holdco Limited (“Advanz”) announced that MYNZEPLI®, a biosimilar of Regeneron’s EYLEA® (aflibercept), was approved by the European Commission. MYNZEPLI® will be available as a 40 mg/mL solution in a pre-filled syringe and vial and is approved for the same adult indications as…
We previously reported that South Korean biopharmaceutical company Alteogen submitted its Marketing Authorization Application to the European Medicines Agency (“EMA”) for ALT-L9, what has since been named EYLUXVI. EYLUXVI is a proposed biosimilar to Regeneron’s EYLEA (aflibercept). Alteogen had previously announced clinical results demonstrating similarity between EYLUXVI and EYLEA. On…
On July 17, 2025, Harrow, Inc. (“Harrow”), announced an agreement with Samsung Bioepis Co. Ltd. (“Samsung Bioepis”) to acquire the U.S. commercial rights to two of Samsung Bioepis’s biosimilars, BYOOVIZ® (ranibizumab-nuna) and OPUVIZ™ (aflibercept-yszy). Harrow is a North American pharmaceutical company that specializes in ophthalmologic products including topical antibiotic/corticosteroid combinations,…
On June 9, 2025, biosimilar manufacturers Samsung Bioepis and Alvotech announced separate deals to expand their respective offerings in Japan and Europe. Samsung Bioepis announced a licensing, development, and commercialization agreement with NIPRO Corporation for multiple biosimilar candidates in Japan. One of these candidates is SB17, a biosimilar of Janssen’s…
On April 22, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia entered a Stipulation and Order Vacating Permanent Injunction and Dismissing All Claims and Counterclaims with Prejudice in In re: Aflibercept Patent Litigation (MDL No.: 1:24-md-3103). The stipulation had been filed the day before by Plaintiff…
On March 14, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia’s denial of a preliminary injunction against Amgen Inc. (“Amgen”) in the ongoing aflibercept BPCIA litigation. On October 1, 2024, the district court denied Regeneron’s motion for…
On March 5, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia’s entry of a preliminary injunction preventing Celltrion, Inc. (“Celltrion”) from launching CT-P42, its aflibercept biosimilar of EYLEA®. As we have previously reported, the Federal Circuit recently…
On February 18, 2025, Alvotech and Teva Pharmaceuticals (“Teva”) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review a Biologics License Application (BLA) for AVT06, a proposed biosimilar to EYLEA® 2 milligram (mg). AVT06 is an aflibercept biosimilar candidate for the treatment of eye disorders such…
On January 29, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia’s entries of preliminary injunction preventing Samsung Bioepis Co., Ltd. (“Samsung”) and Formycon AG (“Formycon”) from marketing their aflibercept biosimilars of EYLEA®. The district court granted preliminary injunctions…
As 2024 has come and passed, we saw another year of significant developments in litigation involving biologics and biosimilars. The following is a recap of the top four legal developments that we covered on the Big Molecule Watch last year. The Aflibercept BPCIA Litigations Continue Into 2025 As was the…