On May 15, 2026, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) approved Accord BioPharma’s IMMGOLIS™ (golimumab-sldi) as an interchangeable biosimilar to Janssen’s SIMPONI® (golimumab), and IMMGOLIS INTRI™ (golimumab-sldi) as an interchangeable biosimilar to SIMPONI ARIA® (golimumab). IMMGOLIS and IMMGOLIS INTRI are the first biosimilars approved for SIMPONI and SIMPONI ARIA….
On March 20, 2026, Accord BioPharma, Inc. (“Accord”), Intas Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (“Intas”), and Bio-Thera Solutions, Ltd. (“Bio-Thera,” collectively “Petitioners”) filed four Inter Partes Review petitions (“IPRs”) challenging four patents directed to methods of treatment using golimumab. The four patents are owned by Janssen Biotech, Inc. (“Janssen”), a subsidiary of Johnson &…
On January 27, 2025, Alvotech and Teva announced FDA acceptance of Biologics License Applications (BLAs) for AVT05, a proposed biosimilar to SIMPONI and SIMPONI ARIA. SIMPONI and SIMPONI ARIA contain golimumab, an anti-TNF therapy for inflammatory conditions including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and ankylosing spondylitis. This marks the first U.S. BLA acceptance…