We previously reported on Genentech’s complaint in the District of Delaware alleging that Amgen’s MVASI™ (bevacizumab-awwb) infringes over twenty Genentech patents and Amgen’s motion to transfer that complaint to the Central District of California. Today Amgen filed its reply (redacted) in support of transfer. In its reply, Amgen addresses Genentech’s…
Genentech filed a complaint last Friday in the District of Delaware against Pfizer for infringement of 40 patents under the BPCIA regarding PF-05280014, Pfizer’s biosimilar of Herceptin® (trastuzumab). According to the complaint, the FDA accepted Pfizer’s aBLA for review on August 21, 2017. Genentech’s complaint acknowledges that the parties had started, but not completed, the information exchanges of the…
We previously reported on Amgen’s complaint in the Central District of California seeking a declaratory judgment that 27 Genentech patents are not infringed by Genentech’s bevacizumab biosimilar (Mvasi®). On November 15, 2017, Genentech moved to dismiss the Amgen DJ action. Genentech argues that the court lacks jurisdiction over Amgen’s DJ action…
Samsung Bioepis announced today that the European Commission (EC) has granted marketing authorization for Ontruzant®, a biosimilar for Herceptin® (trastuzumab), across all 28 European Union member states and the European Economic Area member states of Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. According to the press release, Ontruzuant® is approved for the treatment of…
Below are regulatory and development updates regarding a number of biosimilar candidates. Today, Amgen and Allergen announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has adopted a positive opinion for the Marketing Authorization of ABP 215, their proposed biosimilar of Avastin®…
We reported earlier on Genentech’s complaint in the District of Delaware alleging that Amgen’s MVASI™ (bevacizumab-awwb) infringes over twenty Genentech patents, and Amgen’s motion to transfer that complaint to the Central District of California, where Amgen had previously filed a declaratory judgment action against the same patents that Genentech later…
Below is an update on recent developments in several litigations involving biosimilar products. AbbVie v. Boehringer Ingelheim (adalimumab): On October 23, the parties filed a joint status report. Among other things, the parties offered their competing proposals for the schedule and the scope of discovery, including limits on the number…
This week Roche reported that FDA has accepted their supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for Avastin® (bevacizumab) “in combination with chemotherapy (carboplatin and paclitaxel), followed by Avastin alone, for the front-line treatment of women with advanced ovarian cancer.” The sBLA is for the use of Avastin® with carboplatin and paclitaxel,…
We previously reported on Amgen’s complaint, in the Central District of California, seeking a declaratory judgment that MvasiTM (bevacizumab-awwb) does not infringe 27 Genentech patents, that those patents are invalid, and that one of the patents is unenforceable for inequitable conduct. Today, Amgen and Genentech submitted a stipulated briefing and hearing…
Last week, Cinfa Biotech S.L. announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has accepted its application to market a molecule referred to as B12019, a biosimilar of Amgen’s Neulasta® (pegfilgrastim), for the treatment of chemotherapy-induced neutropenia. To support its application, Cinfa conducted two studies confirming the analytical and biofunctional similarity…