As we previously reported, the Northern District of West Virginia ordered an expedited trial in Regeneron’s aflibercept BPCIA case against Mylan. Regeneron had asserted 24 patents in its complaint. As required by the court’s scheduling order, on October 28, Regeneron identified six patents for the first phase of the litigation. …
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…
Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. recently filed an IPR petition, PTAB-IPR2023-00099, seeking cancellation of claims 1-3 of U.S. Patent No. 10,857,205, assigned to Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. According to the petition, the claims “are drawn to monthly dosing [of aflibercept] to treat an angiogenic eye disorder.” The Petition sets forth three anticipation grounds and…
As we reported last week, the Northern District of West Virginia court has ordered an expedited trial in Regeneron’s aflibercept BPCIA case against Mylan. As required by the court’s scheduling order, on October 28, Regeneron identified six patents for the first phase of the litigation. Regeneron also agreed that “it will…
The court has issued a scheduling order in Regeneron’s aflibercept BPCIA case against Mylan. The court scheduled a 2-week trial in June 2023, less than a year from Regeneron’s filing of its complaint in August 2022. The scheduling order requires Regeneron to identify 6 patents from 3 patent families for…
As we previously reported, Regeneron filed a BPCIA complaint against Mylan on August 3, 2022, regarding Mylan’s proposed aflibercept biosimilar. Just two days after filing its Complaint, Regeneron filed a motion requesting an expedited status conference and to schedule a trial for no later than June 2023. Briefing on Regeneron’s…
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…
On July 5, Mylan announced another voluntary recall of a batch of Insulin Glargine (insulin glargine-yfgn) Injection, 100 units/mL (U-100), 3 mL prefilled pens “due to the potential for the label to be missing on some pens.” The recalled product is not the branded SEMGLEE® pen, but rather the unbranded…
On March 26, 2021, the PTAB issued its Final Written Decision in Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH, IPR2019-01657, which involved Sanofi’s Patent RE47,614 (“’614 patent”) relating to its LANTUS (insulin glargine) product. The PTAB ruled in favor of Mylan and held all 18 claims invalid for obviousness in view…