As we previously reported, Judge Connolly of the District of Delaware stayed the dispute between Amgen and Hospira last month, pending a determination on whether the Court should entertain summary judgment practice on the issue of noninfringement. Last week, the parties submitted a joint letter to the Court on the…
On June 16, 2021, the District Court for the District of Delaware issued a claim construction order construing a key term in the ongoing patent dispute between Amgen and Hospira over Hospira’s proposed biosimilar of Amgen’s Neulasta® (pegfilgrastim). In the Order, the Court construed the term “between about 0.1 M…
On June 10, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Pfizer’s NYVEPRIA (pegfilgrastim-apgf), a biosimilar of Amgen’s NEULASTA. NYVEPRIA is indicated to “decrease the incidence of infection, as manifested by febrile neutropenia, in patients with non-myeloid malignancies receiving myelosuppressive anti-cancer drugs associated with a clinically significant incidence of…
On February 11, 2020, Amgen sued Pfizer and its affiliate Hospira for patent infringement based on their proposed biosimilar of NEULASTA (pegfilgrastim). Pegfilgrastim is indicated for decreasing the incidence of infection in patients receiving myelosuppressive chemotherapy. In the complaint, Amgen alleges that Hospira’s aBLA infringes U.S. Patent No. 8,273,707 (“the…
Pending U.S. District Court BPCIA Litigations Litigation Accused Biosimilar [status] Reference Product Complaint Filed Status/Outcome District Court Appeal Immunex v. Samsung Bioepis, No. 19-11755 (D.N.J.) ETICOVO (etanercept-ykro) [approved] ENBREL [litigation #2] Apr. 29, 2019 Pending (administratively stayed) Amgen v. Hospira, No. 20-201 (D. Del.) NYVEPRIA (pegfilgrastim-apgf) [approved] NEULASTA [litigation #5]…