Today, Judge Wolf found in favor of Celltrion, granting its motion for summary judgment of non-infringement of the sole remaining patent-in-suit based on an application of the ensnarement doctrine to Janssen’s infringement theory under the doctrine of equivalents. The Court determined that Celltrion’s infliximab biosimilar does not infringe Janssen’s ’083…
Celltrion Healthcare recently presented research from two studies conducted on its CT-P13 subcutaneous (SC) formulation (biosimilar infliximab) demonstrating positive results for the use of CT-P13 SC in the treatment of active Crohn’s disease and rheumatoid arthritis. According to Celltrion, the data from each study shows the efficacy and safety of…
As we previously reported, in 2017, Pfizer filed an antitrust lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson (J&J) in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania alleging that J&J had engaged in an anticompetitive scheme relating to its Remicade® (infliximab) product. Yesterday, Walgreen and Kroger filed an antitrust lawsuit…
The past week saw further developments in the ongoing patent dispute between Janssen and Defendants Celltrion and Hospira relating to Inflectra® (infliximab-dyyb), a biosimilar of Remicade®. First, on May 4, Janssen and Defendants filed competing motions for summary judgment. Both sets of summary judgment papers are directed to the same issue:…
Last week, in the ongoing Janssen v. Celltrion litigation concerning Celltrion’s Inflectra®, a biosimilar of Janssen’s Remicade® (infliximab), Judge Wolf of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts granted Defendants’ unopposed motion for leave to file a motion for summary judgment and accompanying briefing schedule. In their summary judgment brief, filed on…
Last week the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (“CHMP”) of the European Medicines Agency (“EMA”) recommended two biosimilar medicines for approval. First, the CHMP adopted a positive opinion for the marketing authorization of Kanjinti® (ABP 980), Amgen and Allergan’s proposed biosimilar to Herceptin® (trastuzumab). The CHMP opinion recommends…
With the pre-trial conference set to begin on February 6, 2017, the parties in Janssen v. Celltrion have filed several motions seeking to exclude or limit certain evidence and testimony that may be offered at trial. Expert Testimony Celltrion has filed a motion to exclude the opinions of Janssen’s proffered expert…
As we previously reported, on September 26, 2016, the district court in Janssen v. Celltrion entered partial final judgment that the ’471 patent, asserted by Janssen, was invalid. Today, Janssen filed a notice that they are appealing the district court’s judgment to the Federal Circuit. Meanwhile, Celltrion’s partner Pfizer announced last week that it will begin shipping…