As we previously reported, Amgen filed a complaint against Adello Biologics and Amneal alleging infringement of several patents, including certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 8,952,138, directed to a protein refolding process. In their answer, Adello sought a declaratory judgment that certain claims of the ’138 patent were not infringed…
In March this year, Amgen sued Adello Biologics under the BPCIA in the District of New Jersey for infringement of seventeen patents, based on Adello’s submission of an aBLA for a biosimilar of Neupogen® (filgrastim). In October, Amgen filed an amended complaint, reducing the number of asserted patents to four,…
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC and Impax Laboratories, Inc. announced today that they have completed their business combination to form Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Amneal”). According to the press release, with the completion of this business combination, Amneal is now the 5th largest generics business in the United States. Amneal also states…