On February 8, 2023, Regeneron announced that the FDA approved its EYLEA® (aflibercept) injection for the treatment of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in preterm infants—the first pediatric approval for this indication. Regeneron reported that the approval is supported by data from FIREFLEYE and BUTTERFLEYE—two phase III clinical trials comparing 0.4…
Big Molecule Watch monitors for biosimilar clinical trial results. Here we report on four recent announcements concerning biosimilars of natalizumab, trastuzumab, daratumumab, and aflibercept. On January 23, 2023, researchers published the results of a phase III clinical trial demonstrating that PB006, Polpharma Biologics SA’s biosimilar to Biogen’s approved treatment TYSABRI®…
Last week, Celltrion filed an IPR petition, PTAB IPR2023-00462, seeking cancellation of claims 1-18 of U.S. Patent No. 10,464,992 (“the ’992 patent”), assigned to Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. According to the Petition, the challenged claims of the ’992 patent “encompass a formulation comprising the VEGF inhibitor protein, aflibercept, which Regeneron markets…
As we previously reported, Mylan recently filed three IPR petitions challenging claims of Regeneron patents directed to treating angiogenic eye disorders with aflibercept, the active ingredient in Regeneron’s Eylea product—IPR2022-01225 (challenging U.S. Patent No. 10,130,681), IPR2022-01226 (challenging U.S. Patent No. 10,888,601), and IPR2023-00099 (challenging U.S. Patent No. 10,857,205). This week, the PTAB granted institution on two…
On Jan 9, Coherus BioSciences, Inc. (“Coherus”) announced that it has agreed to acquire the exclusive commercialization rights to FYB203, a biosimilar referencing EYLEA (aflibercept) from Klinge Biopharma GmbH (“Klinge Biopharma”) in the US. The parties expect to complete the transaction in Q1 2023. Coherus plans to file an abbreviated…
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…
On Tuesday, December 6, Regeneron filed an expedited motion to compel Mylan’s compliance with the protective order in the parties’ BPCIA litigation concerning Mylan’s proposed aflibercept biosimilar of EYLEA. Regeneron alleges that Mylan has improperly “designated the entire 1,000,000+ pages of its biosimilar application and regulatory file as ‘Outside Counsel’s…
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…
Regeneron filed a complaint yesterday against Mylan in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, alleging infringement of twenty-four patents under the BPCIA based on Mylan’s submission of an aBLA for M710, a proposed biosimilar of EYLEA (aflibercept). Regeneron asserts that use of Mylan’s M710 infringes seven…
Formycon recently announced its sales and earnings figures for the first quarter of 2022. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounted to EUR -4.0 million (Q1/previous year: EUR -1.7 million), which was in line with expectations. According to the press release, the reported revenues were mainly a result…