On October 29, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in coordination with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), announced a new strategy aimed at dramatically reducing the cost and timeline of biosimilar development (U.S. Food and Drug Administration,FDA Moves to Accelerate
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently issued a non-precedential Rule 36 affirmance of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) in In re Adhami, No. 2024-1218, 2025 WL 1949797 (Fed. Cir. July 16, 2025).[1] This appeal concerned the question of when and how a single-patient study can provide sufficient
Introduction
On April 10, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a landmark initiative to phase out animal testing in drug development, signaling a major shift toward human-relevant, science-driven alternatives. This initiative formalizes the agency’s long-building effort to incorporate New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) into regulatory review and follows the release of draft guidance
With healthcare costs rising and biologics driving a large portion of drug spend, the next wave of biosimilar launches promises to reshape the U.S. pharmaceutical market in profound ways, including reduced prices for close analogs of existing reference blockbuster branded products. This post provides a roadmap into this evolution, focusing on potential biosimilar approvals and launches
Biosimilars, once a niche segment in the pharmaceutical industry, are now making a significant impact on global healthcare. These products are highly similar to an already-approved reference product, offering a more
On March 13, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a five-year patent term extension (“PTE”) for Merck’s sugammadex patent, holding that the district court had correctly calculated PTE based on the issue date of the original patent rather than the issue date of the reissued patent.[1]
Background
The case
The U.S. stands at a crossroads in light of rising drug prices and it is unclear what the future will hold in answer to the rising drug costs. Biologic medicines have rapidly expanded available treatment options and accounted for approximately half of U.S. healthcare medicine spending in the past few years. While biosimilars have offered
Introduction
On January 6, 2025, the FDA released draft guidance on using artificial intelligence (AI) in regulatory decision-making for drugs and biological products. The draft guidance – the first of its kind from the agency – aims to enhance the efficacy and accuracy of the drug approval process, ensuring that applications incorporating AI meet rigorous
On January 29, 2025, the Federal Circuit issued paired decisions addressing Samsung Bioepis’s (“SB”) and Formycon AG’s (“Formycon”) appeals of preliminary injunctions entered in ongoing aflibercept biosimilar litigations with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Regeneron”).[1] The Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s exercise of personal jurisdiction over both defendants as well as the entries of preliminary
The Federal Circuit recently reversed a District of Delaware decision that invalidated claims of Novartis’s Orange Book listed patent, U.S. Patent No. 8,101,659 (the “’659 patent”), for its blockbuster drug Entresto®, a combination drug used to treat heart failure.
Following a three-day bench trial, Judge Andrews found the ’659 patent not invalid for obviousness, lack