On December 6, 2019, the Federal Circuit will hear oral argument in a rituximab-related appeal by Biogen. The appeal stems from a final written decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) in an inter partes review (IPR) initiated by Pfizer. In October 2018, Pfizer succeeded in persuading the…
On September 20, 2019, the District Court for the District of Delaware endorsed a joint stipulation of the parties to dismiss all claims and counterclaims in the Genentech v. Pfizer BPCIA litigation concerning Pfizer’s ZIRABEV (bevacizumab-bvzr), a biosimilar of AVASTIN. According to the stipulation, the parties entered into a settlement…
On April 29, 2019, Pfizer answered Genentech’s complaint alleging infringement of 22 patents based on Pfizer’s submission of an aBLA seeking U.S. FDA approval of a biosimilar of Avastin® (bevacizumab). In its answer, Pfizer denied Genentech’s allegations of patent infringement and violations of the BPCIA’s patent dance procedures. Pfizer also…
On April 5, 2019, Genentech filed patent infringement and declaratory judgment complaint against Pfizer in the District of Delaware in response to Pfizer’s submission of an aBLA seeking U.S. FDA approval of a biosimilar of Avastin® (bevacizumab). In the complaint, Genentech alleges infringement of 22 patents, out of a total…
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