Tagged as: BPCIA

Amgen Intervenes in Regeneron v. Mylan BPCIA Aflibercept Litigation to Seek Public Access to Sealed Documents

As we have previously reported, Regeneron’s BPCIA case against Mylan regarding Mylan’s proposed aflibercept biosimilar is proceeding in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, with a two-week trial scheduled to begin on June 12, 2023.  On May 23, 2023, Amgen filed a motion to intervene in…

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Regeneron v. Mylan BPCIA Aflibercept Litigation Update: Claim Construction Order and Stipulation to Narrow the Case for June 2023 Trial

As we have previously reported, Regeneron’s BPCIA case against Mylan regarding Mylan’s proposed aflibercept biosimilar is proceeding on an expedited schedule, with a two-week trial scheduled to begin on June 12, 2023. On April 19, the Court issued a claim construction order construing seven terms from the claims of the four…

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Purple Book Updates

FDA’s Purple Book provides a searchable database of licensed biological products and includes the patent information provided to biosimilar applicants during the BPCIA patent dance.  Pursuant to a law enacted in late 2020, a reference product sponsor must provide patent information to FDA for listing in the Purple Book once…

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Regeneron v. Mylan - Update on Aflibercept BPCIA Litigation

As we previously reported, Regeneron’s BPCIA case against Mylan regarding Mylan’s proposed aflibercept biosimilar is proceeding on an expedited schedule, with a two-week trial scheduled to begin on June 12, 2023, less than a year from Regeneron’s filing of its complaint in August 2022.  The Court’s scheduling order, issued in October…

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Genentech and Tanvex Reach Settlement in Principle in Trastuzumab BPCIA Litigation

On January 6, 2023, Genentech and Tanvex reached a settlement in principle to resolve all claims with respect to Genentech’s BCPIA complaint.  As we previously reported, Genentech filed a complaint against Tanvex in June 2022, alleging infringement of three patents under the BPCIA based on Tanvex’s submission of an aBLA…

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BPCIA Aflibercept Litigation:  Regeneron Files 12(c) Motion to Dismiss Mylan’s Counterclaim for Inequitable Conduct

On Friday, December 16, 2022, Regeneron moved to dismiss Mylan’s inequitable conduct defense and counterclaim against two of the six patents asserted in the parties’ BPCIA suit concerning Mylan’s proposed biosimilar to EYLEA.  As previously reported, Regeneron narrowed the twenty-four patents originally asserted against Mylan to six following the Northern…

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Now Available! Updated Goodwin’s Guide to Biosimilars Litigation and Regulation in the U.S., 2022-2023

As regular Big Molecule Watch readers know, the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (“BPCIA”) was signed into law as part of the Affordable Care Act on March 23, 2010, creating an abbreviated licensure pathway for “biosimilar” and “interchangeable” biological products. The BPCIA also introduced a new scheme to resolve…

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BPCIA Aflibercept Litigation: Mylan Seeks Leave to Add a Declaratory Judgment Counterclaim of No Lost Profits or Injunctive Relief

As we previously reported, the Northern District of West Virginia ordered an expedited trial in Regeneron’s aflibercept BPCIA case against Mylan.  Regeneron had asserted 24 patents in its complaint.  As required by the court’s scheduling order, on October 28, Regeneron identified six patents for the first phase of the litigation. …

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PTAB Issues Final Written Decisions Finding Claims of Regeneron’s Aflibercept Patents Invalid

On November 9, 2022, the PTAB issued final written decisions in IPR2021-00880 and IPR2021-00881, filed by Mylan on two Regeneron patents related to aflibercept—U.S. Patent Nos. 9,254,338 and 9,669,069.  The PTAB ruled in Mylan’s favor in both IPRs, holding all challenged claims of both patents invalid as anticipated by the same…

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