We previously reported that the PTAB upheld the validity of Bristol-Myers Squibb’s ‘239 patent covering their rheumatoid arthritis agent Orencia® (abatacept). Since 2008, Orencia® has only been approved for use in patients 6 years of age and older with moderately to severely active polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA). However, last…
The PTAB has issued Final Written Decisions in IPRs filed by Coherus against two of Abbvie’s patents, IPR2016-00188 (U.S. Patent No. 9,017,680) and IPR2016-00189 (U.S. Patent No. 9.073,987), finding the challenged claims unpatentable as obvious over the prior art. The patents are directed to methods of treating rheumatoid arthritis using adalimumab….
The U.S. Supreme Court granted Oil States Energy Services’ petition for a writ of certiorari seeking review of the constitutionality of post-grant review proceedings by the USPTO’s PTAB. Oil States appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court after the Federal Circuit decided to uphold the PTAB’s invalidation of claims in a…
We previously reported on the oral argument in Sandoz v. Amgen. Today Justice Thomas delivered the opinion for a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court in Sandoz v. Amgen. Briefly, the Supreme Court held that notice of commercial marketing may be given prior to FDA approval, siding with Sandoz and reversing the Federal…
Coherus BioSciences, Inc. announced this morning that the FDA has issued a complete response letter (“CRL”) for its biologics license application for its pegfilgrastim (Neulasta®) biosimilar. According to Coherus, “the CRL primarily focused on the FDA request for a reanalysis of a subset of subject samples with a revised immunogenicity assay,…
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…
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in the United Kingdom announced a provisional decision finding that Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) violated competition law with its discount pricing on Remicade. This provisional determination does not indicate that MSD in fact violated competition law. The CMA specifically found that MSD used its position in…
On Thursday, June 15, 2017, at 12:30 PM EST, Goodwin will host a webinar discussing TC Heartland’s impact on where to bring Hatch-Waxman and biosimilars litigation. The Supreme Court’s decision in TC Heartland, LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC has reshaped venue in patent litigation, but the Court left…
According to a May 7, 2017 record on ClinicalTrials.gov, Celltrion is conducting a Phase 1/3 clinical trial to evaluate efficacy and safety between a subcutaneous biosimilar of infliximab (“CT-P13 SC”) with its currently marketed intravenous infliximab product (“CT-P13 IV”) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. An earlier August 25, 2016 record on ClinicalTrials.gov…
The FDA announced today that the Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee will hold a public meeting on July 13, 2017 in Silver Springs, Maryland to discuss two biosimilar applications. During the morning session, the committee will discuss Amgen’s application for a proposed biosimilar of Genentech/Roche’s AVASTIN (bevacizumab). During the afternoon session, the…