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Amgen asked a federal court to declare that its newly approved biosimilar Mvasi does not violate 27 patents Genentech holds on Avastin, the reference cancer drug Genentech is trying to defend. Read More
California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed price transparency measures into law that require drugmakers to notify purchasers ahead of large increases and to justify those increases to the state. Read More
Two AIDS patient advocacy groups urged New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman — a frequent foe of anticompetitive behavior by drugmakers — to investigate potential pay-for-delay deals by Gilead. Read More
The PTO’s Patent Trial and Appeals Board invalidated Aventis Pharma’s patent for the chemotherapy drug Jevtana (cabazitaxel), following a challenge from Mylan. Read More
A federal judge in Pennsylvania threw out AbbVie’s patent suits against generic competitors, strengthening the Federal Trade Commission’s pay-for-delay case against the drugmaker. Read More
The U.S. government sided with Sandoz on the residual claims from the biosimilar manufacturer’s Supreme Court case with Amgen — arguing the federal law outlining the biosimilar approval process should preempt state laws on the topic. Read More
A Pennsylvania federal judge dismissed a class-action lawsuit against more than 10 drugmakers that accused them of misrepresenting facts to inflate generic drug prices. Read More
Following the destruction brought by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said one of the agency’s main goals in the recovery effort is to bring the island’s medical product manufacturing plants back into operation. Read More
Pfizer is suing Johnson & Johnson over its contracts and rebate policies with insurers and hospitals, saying they are designed to block sales of a biosimilar for J&J’s blockbuster Remicade therapy. Read More
A new pricing agreement will allow a leading HIV regimen to be rolled out in more than 90 low- to middle-income countries, at an average cost of $75 per patient, per year. Read More
It would be obvious to treat a patient with folic acid before administering Lilly’s antifoliate chemotherapy drug Alimta (pemetrexed) to reduce Alimta’s toxic effects, the PTO’s Patent Trial and Appeals Board ruled in a challenge to Lilly. Read More