Samsung's Biosimilar Manufacturing Documents Lead Janssen To Drop Infringement Suit
Janssen concludes the manufacturing processes for Renflexis do not infringe its Remicade patents, clearing Samsung and partner Merck from potential damages resulting from their at-risk launch of the biosimilar; innovator's legal action remains against Inflectra partners Pfizer and Celltrion.
Janssen Biotech Inc.'s dismissal of its suit against Samsung Bioepis Co. Ltd. is good news for biosimilar sponsors as it shows they can defeat claims that their manufacturing processes infringe an innovator's patents.
Janssen dropped the complaint on Nov. 10, two days after a district court judge agreed to extend the deadlines for...