As previously reported, in February 2019, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board issued final written decisions in two IPR proceedings initiated by Sanofi challenging the U.S. Patent No. 8,679,487 (the ’487 patent) owned by Immunex. In IPR2017-01884, the Board held that the challenged claims of the ‘487 patent were unpatentable…
We previously reported FDA approval of Mylan and Biocon’s NDA for SEMGLEE (insulin glargine injection). Today, Mylan and Biocon announced the launch of SEMGLEE for the U.S. market. SEMGLEE is a biosimilar of LANTUS, Sanofi’s long-acting insulin glargine product. SEMGLEE will be available in vials and pre-filled pens. The lead…
Last week, the EMA authorized Insulin aspart Sanofi’s biosimilar product. The EMA notes on its website that Insulin aspart Sanofi is “highly similar to another biological medicine [NovoRapid] that is already authorized in the EU.” Insulin aspart Sanofi contains the active substance insulin aspart, a rapid-acting insulin, and received marketing…
As we previously reported, Mylan filed a number of IPR petitions challenging a total of seven of Sanofi-Aventis’s patents related to Lantus® (insulin glargine injection). On May 29, 2020, the PTAB issued Final Written Decisions in eight of Mylan’s pending petitions concerning four patents finding most of the challenged claims…
On April 30, 2020, Sanofi received a positive opinion from the European Medicines Agency (EMA)’s Committee for Medical Products for Human Use (CHMP), recommending the granting of marketing authorization for its biosimilar of insulin aspart (NovoRapid, marketed by Novo Nordisk). Insulin aspart is a fast-acting insulin analogue that is absorbed…
We have previously reported on the Amgen v. Sanofi Praulent® litigation, which has been ongoing since late 2014. After the parties stipulated to infringement, a jury in the District of Delaware found in favor of Amgen and the validity of its patents over its biologic drug Repatha® (evolucumab) in March…
On August 28, 2019, the District Court for the District of Delaware issued an opinion related to the validity of two of Amgen’s patents (U.S. Patent Nos. 8,829,165 and 8,859,741) covering its cholesterol-lowering drug Repatha® (evolocumab) and Sanofi’s Praluent® (alirocumab). After a jury found that two of the five asserted…
On February 25, 2019, a jury in the District of Delaware made findings related to the validity of two of Amgen’s patents (U.S. Patent Nos. 8,829,165 and 8,859,741) covering its cholesterol-lowering drug Repatha® (evolocumab). The jury found Sanofi and Regeron failed to demonstrate that at least some claims of the…
On January 18, 2019, in Amgen v. Sanofi, the ongoing litigation concerning Sanofi and Regeneron’s Praluent® (alirocumab) product, Judge Andrews of the District of Delaware denied Sanofi’s motion for summary judgment that the asserted genus claims directed to monoclonal antibodies that inhibit PCSK9 (such as Amgen’s Repatha® and Sanofi/Regeneron’s Praluent® products)…
Following up on our previous coverage of Immunex’s patent infringement suit against Sanofi related to Immunex’s Dupixent® (dupilumab) biologic, Judge Otero recently denied Sanofi’s motion for summary judgement of invalidity based on indefiniteness of the claim terms “competes” and “binding affinity (Ka).” Sanofi criticized Immunex’s ’487 patent for failing to…