Tagged as: Samsung Bioepis

HUMIRA (adalimumab) Biosimilar Launches

In the last week, seven adalimumab biosimilars referencing HUMIRA entered the U.S. market:  Boehringer Ingelheim’s CYLTEZO (adalimumab-adbm); Sandoz’s HYRIMOZ (adalimumab-adaz); Organon and Samsung Bioepis’s HADLIMA (adalimumab-bwwd); Coherus Biosciences’s YUSIMRY (adalimumab-aqvh); Celltrion’s YUFLYMA (adalimumab-aaty); Fresenius Kabi’s IDACIO (adalimumab-aacf); and Biocon’s HULIO (adalimumab-fkjb).  With Amgen’s AMJEVITA (adalimumab-atto), launched in January 2023, there…

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Samsung Bioepis Files Four IPR Petitions on Alexion Eculizumab Patents and One IPR Petition on a Janssen Ustekinumab Patent

Samsung recently filed the following IPR petitions challenging all claims of four patents assigned to Alexion relating to SOLIRIS (eculizumab): IPR2023-00998, challenging claims 1-3 of U.S. Patent No. 9,718,880; IPR2023-00999, challenging claims 1-10 of U.S. Patent No. 9,725,504; IPR2023-01069, challenging claims 1-8 of U.S. Patent No. 10,590,189; and IPR2023-01070, challenging…

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Updates on Recent Foreign Approvals and Launches

On May 26, 2023, the European Commission granted the marketing authorization to Samsung Bioepis for EPYSQLI, a biosimilar referencing SOLIRIS (eculizumab) developed by Alexion for the treatment of the paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) that had global sales of approximately $5 trillion last year. As the first hematology biosimilar developed by…

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Samsung Files IPR Petition on Regeneron's Aflibercept Patent

Last week, Samsung Bioepis filed an IPR petition challenging claims of U.S. Patent No. 11,253,572 (“the ’572 patent”), owned by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals.  According to the petition, the claims are directed to the use of aflibercept to treat angiogenic eye disorders, including diabetic macular edema and age-related macular degeneration. As we…

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Aflibercept IPRs Update

On March 10, 2023, the PTAB denied institution of IPR2022-1524, filed by Apotex Inc. regarding Regeneron’s Patent No. 11,253,572.  As we previously reported, Apotex filed an IPR petition against the ’572 patent in September 2022, challenging claims that generally relate to methods for treating angiogenic eye disorders with a claimed dosing regimen…

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Celltrion and Samsung File IPR Petitions on Aflibercept Patents

Celltrion and Samsung recently filed IPR petitions challenging claims of Regeneron patents directed to treating angiogenic eye disorders with aflibercept.  Specifically, Celltrion and Samsung have each filed petitions challenging U.S. Patent No. 10,130,681: IPR2023-00442 (Samsung), IPR2023-00532 (Celltrion), and U.S. Patent No. 10,888,601: IPR2023-00566 (Samsung), IPR2023-00533 (Celltrion). As we previously reported, Mylan…

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Samsung Bioepis Announces Approval of Citrate-Free, High-Concentration Adalimumab Biosimilar in Canada

On January 3, 2023, Samsung Bioepis announced that Health Canada has approved their citrate-free, high concentration (40 mg/0.4 mL) HUMIRA biosimilar, HADLIMA (also known as SB5). HADLIMA is indicated for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis (AS), psoriatic arthritis, adult Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis,…

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Genentech and Samsung Bioepis Settle Bevacizumab Biosimilar Patent Dispute

As we previously reported, on June 28, 2020, Genentech, Inc. (“Genentech”) filed a complaint against Samsung Bioepis Co., Ltd. (“Samsung”) in the District of Delaware, alleging infringement of fourteen patents under the BPCIA based on Samsung’s submission of an aBLA for SB8, a proposed biosimilar of AVASTIN (bevacizumab). On September 7, 2022, Genentech and Samsung filed…

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Samsung Bioepis and Organon Announce FDA Approval of Citrate-Free, High-Concentration Adalimumab Biosimilar

Last week Samsung Bioepis and Organon announced FDA approval of their citrate-free, high-concentration (100 mg/ml) HUMIRA biosimilar, HADLIMA (adalimumab-bwwd).  HADLIMA was previously approved by FDA as a low concentration (50 mg/ml) formulation in July 2019.  The low-concentration product has been available in various markets outside the United States, with over…

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BYOOVIZ Launch - Big Molecule Watch

On June 2, 2022, Biogen Inc. and Samsung Bioepis Co., Ltd. announced  that BYOOVIZ™ (ranibizumab-nuna), a biosimilar referencing Genentech’s LUCENTIS®, will be available in the United States on July 1, 2022.  BYOOVIZ™ is the first FDA approved ophthalmology biosimilar.  The FDA approved BYOOVIZ™ in September 2021 for the treatment of neovascular…

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