April Breyer Menon, Author at Venable's BiologicsHQ

PTAB Grants Institution of Four PGRs related to Merck’s Keytruda Qlex™

by April Breyer Menon | Oct 19, 2025

Beginning in November 2024, Merck Sharp & Dohme, LLC (“Merck”) requested post-grant review (“PGR”) of 14 patents owned by Halozyme, Inc. (“Halozyme”), with claims directed to modified PH20 hyaluronidase polypeptides, including modified polypeptides that exhibit...

FDA Approves Celltrion’s EYLEA® Biosimilar Eydenzelt®

by April Breyer Menon | Oct 16, 2025

On October 9, 2025, Celltrion announced the FDA approved Eydenzelt® (aflibercept-boav), a biosimilar of Regeneron’s EYLEA® (aflibercept). The FDA has previously approved five aflibercept biosimilars: Biocon / Mylan’s Yesafili™ (aflibercept-jbvf), Samsung...

PTAB Grants Institution of Three PGRs related to Merck’s Keytruda Qlex™

by April Breyer Menon | Oct 10, 2025

PTAB Grants Amgen’s Request for Adverse Judgment Prior to Institution of Trial in Opdivo® IPR2025-00603

by April Breyer Menon | Oct 5, 2025

On October 1, 2025, the PTAB granted Amgen’s request for adverse judgment based on Bristol-Myers Squibb’s (“BMS”) statutory disclaimer of all challenged claims prior to institution of trial. Amgen’s IPR2025-00603 challenged all the claims of BMS’s U.S. Patent...

Celltrion launches Actemra® Biosimilar Avtozma®

by April Breyer Menon | Oct 4, 2025

On October 2, 2025, Celltrion launched Avtozma® (tocilizumab-anoh), in intravenous and subcutaneous formulations, as the third biosimilar of Genentech’s Actemra® (tocilizumab). Avtozma® was approved by the FDA on January 24, 2025 (previously reported FDA Approves...

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