Today, AbbVie and Momenta announced that they have entered into an agreement under which AbbVie has granted Momenta a global, royalty-bearing non-exclusive license to AbbVie’s intellectual property relating to Humira® (adalimumab). According to the press releases, the deal authorizes Momenta to launch its adalimumab biosimilar, M923, in the United States…
Below are some recent updates regarding biosimilar pipelines from around the globe. On November 2, 2018, Sandoz announced that it has decided “not [to] pursue its submission for biosimilar rituximab in the US at this time … follow[ing] a request by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for additional…
On October 23, 2018, we previously reported that the Federal Circuit ordered Momenta to show cause as to why Momenta’s appeal of a PTAB decision upholding the patentability of BMS’s U.S. Patent No. 8,476,239, relating to BMS’s ORENCIA® (abatacept) product, should not be dismissed as moot. Pursuant to Fed. R. App. P….
Today, Coherus BioSciences announced that the U.S. FDA has approved Udenyca™ (pegfilgrastim-cbqv), its biosimilar of Amgen’s Neulasta®, for patients with cancer receiving myelosuppressive chemotherapy. Udenyca™, which received marketing authorization in Europe in September, is Coherus’ first biosimilar to obtain approval in the United States. Udenyca™ is the fourteenth biosimilar to…
Early last month, we reported that in the Amgen v. Hospira BPCIA litigation concerning Hospira’s Retacrit™ (epoetin alfa) biosimilar, Hospira had filed an appeal to the Federal Circuit from the Delaware district court’s final judgment of infringement and validity of one of the patents-in-suit, U.S. Patent No. 5,856,298, and the…
Amgen, Sandoz, Samsung and Mylan all launched adalimumab biosimilars in Europe this past October. On October 16, 2018, Amgen has announced that its adalimumab biosimilar AMGEVITA launched in European markets. This is Amgen’s first “inflammation” biosimilar to launch in Europe, and its second biosimilar to launch in Europe overall. According to…
Last week, NeuClone Ltd. announced it commenced its Phase I clinical trial for its biosimilar Herceptin® (trastuzumab). According to NeuClone, the Phase I trial is a single-dose, randomized, three-arm double blind study of over 100 healthy volunteers, conducted under the Australian Clinical Trial Notification (CTN) scheme. According to NeuClone, “[t]his…
We have covered Pfizer’s antitrust suit against Johnson & Johnson, the manufacturer of Remicade® (infliximab). Pfizer’s suit alleges that Johnson & Johnson excluded Pfizer’s infliximab biosimilar from the market through anticompetitive bundling and rebate penalties for insurers and providers, causing inflated prices. In related litigation, retailers Walgreen and Kroger Co., direct purchasers,…
On November 6th, Goodwin’s Elaine Blais and Alex Valenti will be hosting a Biosimilars Market Update webinar, discussing key issues and recent legal and regulatory developments in the biosimilars space. Topics will include recent antitrust claims filed against biologic manufacturers, new strategies in BPCIA litigation, updates on legal developments affecting validity…
The FDA announced today that it has approved Sandoz’s biosimilar Hyrimoz (adalimumab-adaz). The FDA had previously approved adalimumab biosimilars from Amgen and Boehringer Ingelheim. Sandoz’s global settlement with AbbVie regarding Hyrimoz provides Sandoz with a U.S. entry date of September 30, 2023, whereas Amgen is permitted an earlier U.S. launch,…