Earlier this week, Sandoz announced the launch of its adalimumab biosimilar, HYRIMOZ, in 40-mg doses for subcutaneous injection in either a syringe or prefilled pen, in Spain. As we reported earlier, Sandoz previously launched HYRIMOZ in the UK in October 2018. Samsung Bioepsis and Mylan also launched adalimumab biosimilars in…
On Monday, Magistrate Judge Lloret, who is visiting the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware from the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, granted Boehringer Ingelheims’s (“BI’s”) motion to compel discovery relating to its unclean hands defense in the ongoing AbbVie v. Boehringer Ingelheim litigation concerning BI’s aBLA for a biosimilar version of AbbVie’s…
Today, AbbVie and Pfizer announced that they reached a global resolution of all intellectual property-related litigation concerning Pfizer’s proposed biosimilar adalimumab. According to the press releases, AbbVie has granted Pfizer a non-exclusive license to AbbVie’s intellectual property relating to adalimumab in the United States and other countries. All litigation pending between the parties…
AbbVie filed its opening claim construction brief in its litigation with Boehringer Ingelheim (BI). AbbVie asserted eight patents against BI. The parties narrowed their dispute to two claim terms in three patents. U.S. Patent Nos. 9,018,361 (“’361 patent”) and 9,090,867 (“’867 patent”) are directed to methods of manufacture of adalimumab. U.S….
Amgen, Sandoz, Samsung and Mylan all launched adalimumab biosimilars in Europe this past October. On October 16, 2018, Amgen has announced that its adalimumab biosimilar AMGEVITA launched in European markets. This is Amgen’s first “inflammation” biosimilar to launch in Europe, and its second biosimilar to launch in Europe overall. According to…
The FDA announced today that it has approved Sandoz’s biosimilar Hyrimoz (adalimumab-adaz). The FDA had previously approved adalimumab biosimilars from Amgen and Boehringer Ingelheim. Sandoz’s global settlement with AbbVie regarding Hyrimoz provides Sandoz with a U.S. entry date of September 30, 2023, whereas Amgen is permitted an earlier U.S. launch,…
Abbvie and Fresenius Kabi have announced today that they entered into a worldwide settlement and licensing arrangement resolving all intellectual property-related litigation concerning Fresenius’s MSB11022, a biosimilar candidate of AbbVie’s HUMIRA (adalimumab). According to the press releases, under the terms of the royalty-bearing settlement and license agreements, AbbVie has granted…
Amgen has announced that its adalimumab biosimilar AMGEVITA launched yesterday in European markets. This is Amgen’s first “inflammation” biosimilar to launch in Europe, and its second biosimilar to launch in Europe overall. According to Amgen, two Phase 3 studies confirmed that AMGEVITA showed biosimilarity to adalimumab, showing no clinically meaningful…
On October 11, 2018, AbbVie and Sandoz announced that they reached a global resolution of all intellectual property-related litigation concerning Sandoz’s Hyrimoz™, a proposed biosimilar of Humira® (adalimumab). According to the press releases, under the terms of the royalty-bearing settlement agreements, AbbVie is granting to Sandoz a non-exclusive license to…
In August, we reported that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommended the granting of marketing authorization for three biosimilar medicines: (1) Fujifilm Kyowa Kirin Biologics (FKB) and Mylan’s Hulio® (adalimumab), a proposed biosimilar of Humira®; (2) Accord Healthcare’s Pelgraz® (pegfilgrastim),…