by April Breyer Menon | Jan 11, 2024
On January 3, 2024, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Alexion Pharma International Operations Ltd. (collectively, “Alexion”) filed a BPCIA litigation in the District of Delaware (Case No. 1-24-cv-00005 (D. Del.)) against Samsung Bioepis Co. Ltd. (“Samsung Bioepis”)...
by April Breyer Menon | Dec 31, 2023
Soliris® (eculizumab) On December 8, 2023, the PTAB instituted three of Samsung Bioepis’s pending IPRs against Alexion’s Soliris® (eculizumab), IPR2023-00933 (for U.S. Patent No. 9,732,149), IPR2023-00998 (for U.S. Patent No. 9,718,880), and IPR2023-00999 (for U.S....
by April Breyer Menon | Dec 19, 2023
On November 30, 2023, Celltrion announced that it filed for an abbreviated Biologics License Application (aBLA) for FDA approval of CT-P41 (denosumab), a proposed biosimilar of Amgen’s Prolia® / Xgeva® (denosumab). There is currently another pending aBLA for a...
by April Breyer Menon | Dec 15, 2023
There has been a flurry of activity relating to proposed EYLEA® (aflibercept) biosimilars in November, starting with a BPCIA litigation against Celltrion’s proposed biosimilar CT-P42 filed on November 8, 2023, Case No. 1:23-cv-00089 (N.D.W.Va.) (see BPCIA Litigation...
by April Breyer Menon | Dec 13, 2023
On November 17, 2023, Genentech, Inc., Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., and Biogen Inc. (“Plaintiffs”) filed a BPCIA complaint (“Complaint”) against Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Inc., Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories SA (“DRL SA”), Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd., Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC,...