The Federal Circuit has declined to reconsider its December 2019 affirmance of the district court ruling in the Amgen v. Hospira (epoetin alfa) dispute. As we have previously reported, that ruling upheld a jury verdict finding (among other things) that Hospira’s manufacture of certain drug substance batches was not protected…
Teva and Celltrion announced yesterday that their HERZUMA (trastuzumab-pkrb) for Injection, a biosimilar to HERCEPTIN, was available in the U.S. The biosimilar has the same indications as the reference product, and will be priced at a Wholesale Acquisition Cost (“WAC”) that is a 10% discount to the WAC of HERCEPTIN. …
As we previously reported, on February 11, 2020, Amgen sued Pfizer and its affiliate Hospira, alleging that their proposed biosimilar of Amgen’s NEULASTA (pegfilgrastim) would infringe U.S. Patent No. 8,273,707 (“the ’707 patent”). The ’707 patent is directed at methods of protein purification. Last week, Pfizer filed a motion to…
We previously reported on Judge Chesler’s claim construction order in Sanofi-Aventis v. Mylan et al. concerning Mylan’s proposed insulin glargine pen device, Vystra. This week, following a 5-day bench trial held on December 2-6, 2019, the U.S. District Court of New Jersey found U.S. Patent No 9,526,844, a pen-type injector…
We have previously reported on the BPCIA Genentech v. Amgen cases relating to trastuzumab and bevacizumab. This week, Judge Connolly construed the term “following fermentation” as it relates to U.S. Patent No. 8,574,869 (“the Kao patent”) to mean “after the earlier of harvesting or purification has begun.” By way of…
The Korean Herald reported today that Celltrion has applied for the European Medicine Agency’s approval of CT-P17, a Humira (adaliumumab) biosimilar. According to the Korean Herald, Celltrion “expects to introduce CT-P17 to the European market in about a year’s time, which is how long the EMA typically takes to review.” …
Following the oral argument three days ago, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit today affirmed the lower court’s denial of Genentech’s motion for a preliminary injunction to enjoin sales of Amgen’s KANJINTI (trastuzumab-anns) biosimilar product. As we previously reported, Amgen launched KANJINTI in the United States in…
As we previously reported, Revance Therapeutics and Mylan are collaborating in developing a biosimilar of Allergan’s BOTOX (onabotulinumtoxinA), and Mylan has an upcoming opportunity to opt in or out of the collaboration. Last week, Revance’s President and CEO, Mark Foley, announced on the company’s quarterly earnings call that “Mylan has…
Multiple biosimilar developers recently released statements regarding potential regulatory delays facing their biosimilars or follow-on biologics. Insulin As we previously reported, Biocon and Mylan are collaborating in the development of a follow-on product to Sanofi’s LANTUS (insulin glargine). On February 22, 2020, Biocon announced that the U.S. FDA had conducted…
Today, the Federal Circuit issued a Rule 36 affirmance of the district court’s judgment of non-infringement in the litigation involving Celltrion’s infliximab biosimilar. The court heard oral argument in the appeal yesterday. As we previously reported, Janssen had appealed the district court’s order granting Celltrion’s motion for summary judgment of non-infringement of…