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Samsung Bioepis’ ‘scattergun approach’ dooms bid for R&D docs in fight over Pfizer’s Enbrel patent
Intellectual Property 2024-06-27 11:54 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge has rejected Samsung Bioepis’ bid to discover research and development documents from Pfizer as it seeks to invalidate the drug giant’s patent for its blockbuster autoimmune drug Enbrel, agreeing with Pfizer that it may be “no more than an exercise in fishing”.

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Pfizer calls out ‘impermissible fishing expedition’ in fight over Enbrel biosimilar
Intellectual Property 2024-06-05 10:17 pm By Andy Sidler

Drug giant Pfizer has blasted Samsung Bioepis’ “fishing expedition” in its suit alleging infringement of the patent for its blockbuster arthritis drug Enbrel, telling the court the Korean biotech should not be allowed to dig for new grounds of invalidity.  

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Cipla sues to invalidate Bristol-Myers’ patents for DVT drug
Intellectual Property 2023-09-20 11:03 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Indian generic drug maker Cipla has sued pharmaceutical giants Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer alleging the patents behind their blockbuster deep vein thrombosis drug Eliquis are invalid.

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Pfizer sues drug companies over Enbrel biosimilar
Intellectual Property 2022-05-10 11:38 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has fired off a lawsuit against four drug companies for allegedly infringing one of its patents for biologic Enbrel by selling a biosimilar of the blockbuster arthritis drug in Australia.

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Juno found liable for infringing Pfizer’s Dynastat patent
Intellectual Property 2022-03-01 6:06 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge has found Pfizer’s patent for its post-operative injectable painkiller Dynastat is valid and that Australian drug maker Juno Pharmaceuticals infringed the patent by selling generic versions of the drug in Australia.

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Pfizer wins more docs in preliminary discovery saga over Enbrel biosimilar
Intellectual Property 2021-11-18 12:46 pm By Christine Caulfield

Five years into a preliminary discovery application for a potential patent infringement lawsuit over a biosimilar of its Enbrel medication, Pfizer has partially succeeded in obtaining further documents from Samsung Bioepis.

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Pfizer, Merck Sharpe & Dohme reach global settlement in vaccine patent battle
Intellectual Property 2021-09-24 6:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Pharmaceutical giants Merck Sharpe & Dohme and Pfizer have resolved a long-running intellectual property dispute over a 2015 patent owned by Pfizer for a pneumococcal vaccine.

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Death causes six-month delay of trial in Merck, Pfizer vaccine patent dispute
Intellectual Property 2021-02-03 5:18 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Federal Court has delayed a 15-day hearing in a pneumococcal vaccine patent dispute between Merck Sharp & Dohme and Pfizer after the sudden death of a family member of one of Pfizer’s expert witnesses.

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Merck Sharp & Dohme lodges cross appeal in Prevnar 13 vaccine patent spat
Intellectual Property 2021-01-25 4:33 pm By Christine Caulfield

Drug giant Merck Sharp & Dohme has brought a cross appeal in its long-running intellectual property dispute with Pfizer’s Wyeth over the top selling Prevnar 13 pneumococcal vaccine.

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Wyeth seeks total victory in vaccine patent battle with Merck Sharp & Dohme
Intellectual Property 2021-01-15 8:53 am By Cat Fredenburgh

Pfizer unit Wyeth is seeking to overturn part of a judge’s decision in its high-stakes patent dispute with Merck Sharp & Dohme that found claims in two of its patents relating to the blockbuster Prevnar 13 pneumococcal vaccine were invalid.

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