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Updates on Patent Challenges by Biosimilar Manufacturers at the PTAB

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STELARA® (ustekinumab) Four months after Janssen Biotech, Inc. 10,961,307 (“the ’307 Patent”), directed to methods of treating ulcerative colitis with ustekinumab, Biocon Biologics Inc. Both patents are assigned to Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Samsung has now advanced further than Apotex Inc.

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Health Canada to Draft New Patented Medicine Prices Review Board Guidelines in the Wake of Pharmaceutical Victories

Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

Canada’s Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB) is a quasi-judicial body that has authority under the Patent Act to protect and inform Canadians “by ensuring that the prices of patented medicines sold in Canada are not excessive and by reporting on pharmaceutical trends”. [1] 1] [link] [2] Alexion Pharmaceuticals v.

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Biosimilars 2020 Year in Review

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

As of the March 23, 2020 transition, however, all “biological product” applications previously approved under the FD&C Act were “deemed” approved under the PHS Act, and companies can now seek biosimilars and interchangeables of these biological products. As noted above, companies are already taking advantage of these new designations.