by April Breyer Menon | Sep 28, 2025
On September 26, 2025, Amneal / Kashiv announced the submission to the FDA of an aBLA for ADL-018, a proposed biosimilar of Genentech’s Xolair® (omalizumab). This is the only currently pending publicly announced aBLA for a Xolair® biosimilar, and...
by April Breyer Menon | Sep 25, 2025
On September 18, 2025, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”) issued a Final Written Decision (“FWD”) in Merck’s IPR2024-00625 against The Johns Hopkins University’s (“JHU”) U.S. Patent No. 11,339,219 B2 (“the ’219 patent”), finding claims 1–8 of the ’219 patent...
by April Breyer Menon | Sep 9, 2025
On September 5, 2025, Amgen and Samsung Bioepis reached a settlement in Case No. 1:24-cv-08417 (D.N.J.) / 1:25-md-3138 (D.N.J.), and the Court entered a consent judgment. The litigation related to Samsung Bioepis’s Prolia® / Xgeva® (denosumab) interchangeable...
by April Breyer Menon | Aug 25, 2025
On August 20, 2025, after a bench trial in Case No. 1:22-cv-00035 (D. Del.), Lindis Biotech’s U.S. Patent Nos. 8,709,421 and 10,071,158 (“the Lindis patents”) were found unenforceable due to inequitable conduct for withholding known material references during...
by April Breyer Menon | Aug 22, 2025
On August 18, 2025, Accord and Dong-A ST announced the U.S. launch of Imuldosa® (ustekinumab-srlf), a biosimilar of Janssen / Johnson & Johnson’s Stelara® (ustekinumab). Imuldosa® is approved for all the reference product’s indications, including certain...