EIS GmbH v LELO Oceania Pty Ltd (Expert Evidence) [2024] FCA 1334
Date of decision:
19 November 2024
Body:
Federal Court of Australia
New Indication Alert: BeiGene’s Tevimbra® Receives New Indication Approvals in Australia and the US
By Bioblast Editor | Jan 06, 2025
On 6 January 2025, the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) approved an indication expansion for BeiGene’s Tevimbra® (tislelizumab) in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of patients with unresectable, locally advanced or m...
Approval Alert: AbbVie’s Epkinly® (Epcoritamab) Provisionally Approved in Australia
By Bioblast Editor | Jan 06, 2025
On 6 January 2025, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) provisionally approved AbbVie’s Epkinly® (epcoritamab) in 4mg/0.8mL concentrate solution and 48mg/0.8mL solution for injection vial, indicated for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory diffu...
Return to Sender: Federal Court Rules 'Last Mile Logistics' System Unpatentable
By Naomi Pearce, Helen Macpherson, Nathan Kan | Jan 03, 2025
Dei Gratia Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Patents [2024] FCA 1145
Date of decision:
1 October 2024
Body:
Federal Court of Australia
Ad...
New Indication Alert: GSK’s Nucala® Approved in China for CRSwNP
By Bioblast Editor | Jan 03, 2025
On 3 January 2025, GSK announced that China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has approved Nucala® (mepolizumab) as an add-on therapy with intranasal corticosteroids for the treatment of adult patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) f...
Novo Nordisk Submits Citizen Petition Seeking to Block Compounded Victoza®
By Bioblast Editor | Jan 02, 2025
On 2 January 2025, the FDA published a Citizen Petition filed by Novo Nordisk seeking to exclude its type 2 diabetes liraglutide injection Victoza® from a proposed list of drugs eligible for compounding. In its petition, Novo Nordisk argues that there is no clinical need t...
No Stay, No Delay: Federal Court Pushes Long-Running Litigation Forward Despite High Court Horizon
By Naomi Pearce, Helen Macpherson, Nathan Kan | Jan 02, 2025
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd v Generic Health Pty Ltd (No 5) [2024] FCA 1268
Date of decision:
30 October 2024
Body:
Federal Court
Amgen’s Ustekinumab Biosimilar First to Launch in US
By Bioblast Editor | Jan 01, 2025
AIS Health reports that, on 1 January 2025, Amgen launched Wezlana® (ustekinumab), biosimilar to J&J/Janssen’s Stelara® in the US through Optum Health Solution’s private label subsidiary Nuvaila.
Wezlana® was the first interchangeable ustekinumab biosimilar appro...
Sandoz’s High Concentration Adalimumab Biosimilar PBS-Listed
By Bioblast Editor | Jan 01, 2025
On 1 January 2025, Sandoz’s high concentration Hyrimoz®, biosimilar to AbbVie’s Humira® (adalimumab) was listed on Australia’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) in a 40 mg/0.4 mL injection, 2 x 0.4 mL pen formulation for the same indications as Humira®.
Hyrimoz® (...
New Indication Alert: J&J Receives EU Approval for Amivantamab Combination Treatment for NSCLC
By Bioblast Editor | Dec 30, 2024
On 30 December 2024, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) announced that the European Commission has approved a Type II variation extension of indication for its Rybrevant® (amivantamab) as combination therapy with Lazcluze® (lazertinib) for the first-line treatment of adult pat...
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