Celltrion, Inc. (“Celltrion”) filed three new petitions with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) on March 15, 2017 for inter partes review (“IPR”) of Biogen’s U.S. Patent Nos. 8,329,172 (“the ’172 patent”), 8,557,244 (“the ’244 patent”), and 9,296,821 (“the ’821 patent”) related to rituximab.
Rituximab is an anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody approved for the treatment
On March 2, 2017, the PTAB issued a decision denying Celltrion, Inc.’s (“Celltrion”) request for inter partes review (“IPR”) of claims 1-14 of U.S. Patent No. 7,976,838 related to Genentech’s Rituxan® (rituximab). This denial comes less than a week after the PTAB instituted IPR of U.S. Patent No. 7,820,161, related to the same product,
Celltrion, Inc. (“Celltrion”) filed a petition with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) on August 15, 2016 for inter partes review (“IPR”) of U.S. Patent No. 7,820,161 (“the ’161 patent”) related to Genentech’s Rituxan® (rituximab). On February 24, 2017, the PTAB issued a decision instituting review of claims 1–3, 5–7, and 9–11 of
Celltrion’s Truxima (CT-P10, rituximab), a biosimilar to Rituxan® received approval from the European Commission on February 22, 2017. Rituximab is an anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody approved for the treatment of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, chronic lyphocytic leukemia, rheumatoid arthritis, granulomatosis with polyangitis, and microscopic polyangitis. The EMA’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) recommended Truximab for
Celltrion, Inc. (“Celltrion”) filed a new petition with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) on February 21, 2017 for inter partes review (“IPR”) of U.S. Patent No. 8,591,897 (“the ’897 patent”) related to Genentech’s Herceptin® (trastuzumab). The challenged claims of the ’897 patent are directed to methods for treating patients with nonmetastatic HER2-positive