On May 29, 2018, a week-long bench trial began before Judge Andrews in Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC v. Merck Sharpe & Dohme Corp. in the District of Delaware. As we reported here, Sanofi had sued Merck for patent infringement based on Merck’s proposed follow-on versions of Sanofi’s Lantus® and Lantus® SoloSTAR® ([rDNA origin]…
As we previously reported, Sanofi-Aventis sued Merck Sharp & Dohme in the District of Delaware for patent infringement based on Merck’s proposed follow-on biologics of Sanofi-Aventis’s Lantus® and Lantus® SoloSTAR® ([rDNA origin] insulin glargine) prefilled cartridge products. On January 2, 2018, Merck moved for summary judgment of non-infringement on the grounds…
Below are IPR updates from this week. LANTUS On December 13, 2017, the Board instituted two IPRs on Mylan’s petitions (IPR2017-01526 and IPR2017-01528) challenging Sanofi’s U.S. Patent Nos. 7,713,930 and 7,476,652, respectively, both related to insulin glargine. As we have reported, both patents are the subject of litigation pending in the…
On August 8, Sanofi-Aventis filed a complaint for patent infringement against Merck Sharp & Dohme in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey regarding Merck’s proposed follow-on biologics of Sanofi-Aventis’s Lantus® and Lantus® SoloSTAR® ([rDNA origin] insulin glargine) subcutaneous injection vial products. The complaint alleges infringement of two patents: U.S….
Mylan has filed two petitions for inter partes review of Sanofi’s patents related to insulin glargine: IPR2017-01526 on U.S. Patent 7,476,652, and IPR2017-01528 on U.S. Patent 7,713,930. Insulin glargine is marketed under the tradename Lantus®. As we have reported, both the ‘652 and ‘930 patents are the subject of litigation…