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Pearce IP’s Naomi Pearce speaks about the hot topic in Australian patent law: Patent Term Extension (PTE) in Australia

Amgen announced that it has agreed to acquire ChemoCentryx, a biopharmaceutical company focused on auto-immune diseases, inflammatory disorders and cancer, for around $3.7 billion.  ChemoCentryx markets Tavneos® (avacopan), a first-in-class treatment for multi-system autoim...

In its earnings call on 4 August 2022, Coherus announced that it is developing a high concentration adalimumab formulation, which it intends to market following launch of its 50mg/ml citrate-free Yusimry™ formulation in July 2023.  Coherus also shared its plans to capture “...

Regeneron has filed a complaint against Mylan in West Virginia under the BPCIA alleging infringement of twenty-four patents relating to Eylea® (aflibercept).  This follows the FDA’s acceptance for review of Mylan’s aBLA for its aflibercept biosimilar.  Regeneron recently li...

Coherus Biosciences announced that the FDA has approved Coherus’ Cimerli™, a biosimilar to Genentech’s Lucentis® (ranibizumab).  Cimerli is the third approved US biosimilar, but is the first to be approved for all five of Lucentis’ indications and to receive the interchange...

Fresenius Kabi announced that the FDA has accepted for review Fresenius’ biosimilar candidate MSB11456 to Chugai’s Actemra® (tocilizumab).  Actemra is presently the only tocilizumab product on the market in the US.