As 2024 has come and passed, we saw another year of significant developments in litigation involving biologics and biosimilars. The following is a recap of the top four legal developments that we covered on the Big Molecule Watch last year. The Aflibercept BPCIA Litigations Continue Into 2025 As was the…
As 2025 begins, we would like to reflect on last year’s regulatory developments in the biologics and biosimilars space. Here are some of the top regulatory developments from 2024. 1. FDA Approvals in 2024 There were 17 FDA approvals of Biologic License Applications (“BLAs”), including for Autolus Inc.’s AUCATZYL…
There are four pending BPCIA litigations brought by Amgen against biosimilar companies seeking to market denosumab biosimilars. Two of the four cases are pending in the District Court for the District of New Jersey before Judge O’Hearn: Amgen Inc. et al. v. Celltrion, Inc., No. 1:24-cv-06497-CPO-EAP (D.N.J.), filed on May…
On November 13, 2024, Amgen filed a BPCIA complaint in the District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina against Accord Biopharma, Inc.; Accord Healthcare, Inc.; and Intas Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., related to Accord’s proposed biosimilar of Amgen’s PROLIA and XGEVA. This is the fifth BPCIA litigation regarding denosumab, following Amgen’s litigations…
On October 3, 2024, Teva Pharmaceuticals and mAbxience, a Fresenius Kabi majority-owned group, announced a new global licensing agreement for the development of an anti PD-1 oncology biosimilar candidate, further strengthening the pair’s alliance announced earlier in April of this year. For mAbxience, “this second collaboration is a testament to…
On October 4, 2024, Amgen filed a BPCIA complaint in the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division against Fresenius Kabi related to Fresenius Kabi’s proposed biosimilar of Amgen’s PROLIA and XGEVA. This is the fourth BPCIA litigation regarding denosumab, following Amgen’s litigations against Sandoz, Celltrion, and…
On September 27, 2024, Formycon AG (“Formycon”) and its commercialization partner Fresenius Kabi (“Fresenius”) jointly announced that the European Commission (EC) has issued a marketing authorization for FYB202/OTULFI™ (ustekinumab-aauz), a biosimilar to STELARA®. FYB202/OTULFI™ is an interleukin-12 and interleukin-23 antibody and was approved for moderately to severely active Crohn’s disease,…
The Committee for Medicine Products for Human Use (“CHMP”) recommended 14 medicines for European Medicines Agency Approval (“EMA”) approval (“marketing authorization”), during its monthly meeting on July 22-25, 2024. Notably, the committee adopted positive opinions for the following 6 biosimilar products: Samsung Bioepis’s EKSUNBI (ustekinumab), Formycon AG’s FYMSKINA (ustekinumab), and Fresenius…
On July 2, 2024, Fresenius Kabi (“Fresenius”) announced the immediate availability of TYENNE (tocilizumab-aazg), in a subcutaneous formulation, in the United States. TYENNE, a biosimilar to ACTEMRA (tocilizumab), was developed by Fresenius for use in the treatment of several autoimmune diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis, giant cell arteritis, polyarticular juvenile idiopathic…
On May 21, Alvotech announced that it had entered into a license and supply agreement with Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories SA for the commercialization of AVT03, a proposed denosumab biosimilar. Denosumab, sold by Amgen under the brand names PROLIA and XGEVA, is indicated for the treatment of various diseases including osteoporosis…