Tagged as: Genentech

Genentech, Roche, and Biogen Sue Dr. Reddy's and Fresenius for a Proposed Biosimilar of Rituxan in District of New Jersey

Genentech, Roche, and Biogen filed a Complaint on November 17 against Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories (“DRL”) and Fresenius in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, alleging infringement of 15 patents under the BPCIA based on DRL’s submission of an aBLA for DRL_RI, a proposed biosimilar of RITUXAN (rituximab)…

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BYOOVIZ® (Ranibizumab-Nuna) Granted Interchangeable Status

Recently, Biogen and Samsung Bioepis’s ranibizumab biosimilar (BYOOVIZ) was granted interchangeable status by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.  BYOOVIZ was deemed interchangeable to Genentech’s LUCENTIS for the treatment of neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration, macular edema following retinal vein occlusion, and myopic choroidal neovascularization.  BYOOVIZ, the first FDA approved…

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Genentech and Biogen File Joint Stipulation of Dismissal in BPCIA Litigation Regarding Tocilizumab

As we previously reported, in July 2023 Genentech, Inc., Hoffmann-LaRoche, Inc., and Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (collectively, “Genentech”) filed BPCIA litigation against Biogen MA Inc. and Bio-Thera Solutions, Ltd. in the District of Massachusetts, asserting that Biogen sought FDA approval “to commercialize ‘BIIB800,’ a proposed biosimilar to Genentech’s drug Actemra®…

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PTAB Issues Final Written Decisions Finding Claims of Tocilizumab-related Patents Invalid

On August 29, 2023, the PTAB issued final written decisions in IPR2022-00578 and IPR2022-00579, filed by Celltrion on two patents related to tocilizumab — U.S. Patent Nos. 8,580,264 and 10,874,677, owned by Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisa, Genentech, Inc, and Hoffmann La Roche, Inc.  The ’264 patent claims are directed to…

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Genentech Files BPCIA Complaint Against Biogen Regarding Tocilizumab

Yesterday, Genentech, Inc., Hoffmann-LaRoche, Inc., and Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (“Genentech”) filed BPCIA litigation against Biogen MA Inc. and Bio-Thera Solutions, Ltd. in the District of Massachusetts.  In its Complaint, Genentech asserts that Biogen is seeking FDA approval “to commercialize ‘BIIB800,’ a proposed biosimilar to Genentech’s drug Actemra® (tocilizumab).”  Genentech…

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FDA Accepts Xbrane’s sBLA for LUCENTIS® (Ranibizumab) Biosimilar Candidate

On June 21, 2023, Xbrane announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for filing Xbrane’s supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for a LUCENTIS® (ranibizumab) biosimilar candidate. Xbrane stated that “[t]he biosimilar candidate is a VEGF-a inhibitor, intended for the treatment of serious eye diseases such as…

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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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Genentech Files Lawsuits Against Biogen and Millennium for Past Royalties on the Cabilly Patents

This week, Genentech filed separate lawsuits against Biogen and Millennium, alleging breach of a license agreement to the Cabilly patents (U.S. Patent No. 6,331,415 and 7,923,221).  The patents are generally directed to processes for producing an antibody or an antibody fragment by transforming a host cell with a first and…

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Genentech BPCIA Trastuzumab Case Against Tanvex Dismissed After Settlement

As previously reported, Genentech and Tanvex reached an agreement in January 2022 to settle BPCIA litigation relating to Tanvex’s biosimilar of HERCEPTIN (trastuzumab).  On February 9, the court entered an order dismissing all claims in the case.  Tanvez’s trastuzumab biosimilar has not yet been approved by FDA. Genentech previously settled…

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