Last week, several briefs were filed in Federal Circuit appeals relating to trastuzumab biosimilars: Trastuzumab IPR Appeals On September 3, 2019, the USPTO submitted responsive appellate briefs in Federal Circuit appeals from IPR final written decisions regarding two patents related to methods of treating HER2+ cancer with trastuzumab (Cases Nos….
On September 5, JHL Biotech announced that it has reached a settlement agreement with Genentech to resolve the parties’ lawsuit regarding JHL’s alleged misappropriation of trade secrets relating to Genentech’s Rituxan® (rituximab), Herceptin® (trastuzumab), Avastin® (bevacizumab), and Pulmozyme® (dornase alfa) products. As we previously reported, in October 2018, Genentech filed…
In recent weeks, several drug makers announced collaborations for the development, manufacture, and/or commercialization of a variety of biosimilars or follow-on biologics. Below are some highlights: On September 3, 2019, Polpharma Biologics and Sandoz announced that they have entered into a global commercialization agreement in connection with Polpharma’s proposed biosimilar…
United Healthcare and OneOncology have added Amgen’s MVASI (bevacizumab-awwb) and KANJINTI (trastuzumab-anns), biosimilars to AVASTIN and HERCEPTIN respectively, as preferred products, according to literature released by those providers. United Healthcare released a bulletin indicating that, as of October 1, 2019, United Healthcare will update its preferred product language to reflect…
Below are highlights of biosimilar development news from the past couple of weeks: On August 5, Revance Therapeutics indicated on its quarterly earnings call that it has continued to have discussions with its collaborator Mylan about their proposed biosimilar of BOTOX (onabotulinumtoxinA) since their initial advisory meeting with the FDA…
As we previously reported, Genentech has appealed the Delaware district court’s denial of its preliminary injunction motion that sought to bar sales of Amgen’s KANJINTI (trastuzumab-anns) biosimilar in the United States. In conjunction with its appeal, Genentech also asked the Federal Circuit (1) to issue an injunction against Amgen pending…
As we previously reported, Amgen commercially launched two biosimilars in the United States earlier this month: KANJINTI™ (trastuzumab-anns), a biosimilar to Herceptin®; and MVASI® (bevacizumab-awwb), a biosimilar to Avastin®. Amgen’s launch announcement on July 18, 2019 came shortly after a Delaware federal district court denied Genentech’s requests for a temporary…
On June 28, 2019, Samsung Bioepis and Genentech filed a joint stipulation of dismissal of their BPCIA patent litigation concerning ONTRUZANT (trastuzumab-dttb), Samsung Bioepis’s biosimilar of HERCEPTIN that received FDA-approval earlier this year. According to the stipulation, the parties “have entered into a settlement agreement, and mutually agree to voluntarily dismiss…
Today, June 13, 2019, the U.S. FDA approved Amgen’s aBLA for KANJINTI (trastuzumab-anns), a biosimilar of Genentech’s HERCEPTIN. According to its approved package insert, KANJINTI, like its reference product, is indicated for the treatment of HER2 overexpressing breast cancer and the treatment of HER2 overexpressing metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction…
As we have reported, Samsung Bioepis is engaged in U.S. patent litigation and proceedings against Genentech in connection with Samsung Bioepis’s ONTRUZANT (trastuzumab-dttb) biosimilar product, which the U.S. FDA approved earlier this year. In addition to litigating a BPCIA case in federal district court that is currently scheduled for a…