On September 17, 2025, Alvotech USA Inc. and Alvotech hf. (“Alvotech”) filed a Petition for Post Grant Review of U.S. Patent No. 12,168,036 (“the ‘036 patent”), assigned to Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Regeneron”). The ‘036 patent, entitled “Methods for treating angiogenic eye disorders with high doses of VEGF receptor fusion proteins,”…
This month, FDA issued its new final guidance to replace a draft guidance that issued on May 22, 2019 titled “Development of Therapeutic Protein Biosimilars: Comparative Analytical Assessment and Other Quality-Related Considerations Guidance for Industry”. This final guidance outlines the FDA’s “recommendations on the design and evaluation of comparative analytical…
The Bayh-Dole Act provides that the federal government retains certain rights in inventions it funds. Many have sought to use those rights as a way to lower the cost of prescription drugs for consumers and for the federal government. With the increasing market share of more expensive biologic prescriptions, those…
On September 9, 2025, the District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia entered a Stipulation and Order dismissing all claims and counterclaims in view of a settlement agreement between Sandoz, Inc. (“Sandoz”) and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Regeneron”) resolving the BPCIA litigation regarding Sandoz’s aflibercept biosimilar, ENZEEVU (aflibercept-abzv). According…
On September 2, 2025, Shanghai Henlius Biotech, Inc. and Organon announced that the FDA has approved BILDYOS® (denosumab-nxxp) and BILPREVDA® (denosumab-nxxp) as denosumab biosimilars to Prolia® and XGEVA®, respectively. Both biosimilars have been approved for all indications of their reference products. BILDYOS® and BILPREVDA® are RANK ligand inhibitors used to treat…
On August 21, 2025, Alvotech and Advanz Pharma Holdco Limited (“Advanz”) announced that MYNZEPLI®, a biosimilar of Regeneron’s EYLEA® (aflibercept), was approved by the European Commission. MYNZEPLI® will be available as a 40 mg/mL solution in a pre-filled syringe and vial and is approved for the same adult indications as…
On August 7, 2025, Celltrion announced that it obtained FDA approval expanding the indication of the intravenous (IV) formulation of AVTOZMA (tocilizumab-anoh) to include treatment of cytokine release syndrome (CRS) in patients aged 2 years and older. CRS is a potentially life-threatening condition brought on by a so-called “cytokine storm”…
On August 12, 2025, Lupin Limited (“Lupin”) announced that it has partnered with Sandoz Group AG (“Sandoz”) to market and commercialize Lupin’s biosimilar ranibizumab across multiple regions. Ranibizumab is a recombinant humanized IgG1 monoclonal antibody fragment that binds to and inhibits vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A). Its indications encompass…
On August 18, 2025, Accord BioPharma, Inc. (“Accord BioPharma”) announced the commercial launch of IMULDOSA® (ustekinumab-srlf), a biosimilar to STELARA® (ustekinumab) in the United States. IMULDOSA® is supplied as single-dose prefilled syringes for subcutaneous use in 45 mg/0.5 mL and 90 mg/mL strengths or as a single-dose vial for intravenous…
We previously reported that South Korean biopharmaceutical company Alteogen submitted its Marketing Authorization Application to the European Medicines Agency (“EMA”) for ALT-L9, what has since been named EYLUXVI. EYLUXVI is a proposed biosimilar to Regeneron’s EYLEA (aflibercept). Alteogen had previously announced clinical results demonstrating similarity between EYLUXVI and EYLEA. On…