On March 1, 2019, Novartis sued Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Janssen for allegedly presenting false and misleading data about its plaque psoriasis drug Tremfya® (guselkumab). Novartis alleges that its Cosentyx® (secukinumab) drug, which is also indicated for the treatment of plaque psoriasis, competes with Tremfya®. Novartis claims that Janssen failed to…
As we have previously covered, last month the court in Janssen v. Celltrion (D. Mass., J. Wolf) issued a memorandum opinion granting Celltrion’s motion for summary judgment of non-infringement of the sole remaining patent-in-suit, and the next day entered final judgment for Celltrion. The court subsequently entered an amended final judgment to dismiss without prejudice Celltrion’s…
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…
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…
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…
A few BPCIA litigation updates to wrap up the week for our readers, looking ahead to next week: The Federal Circuit issued its formal mandate in Amgen v. Apotex yesterday. With the issuance of the formal mandate, the Federal Circuit has officially ordered that its July opinion in the case must now be…