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Re: DewDiligence post# 16005

Wednesday, 11/02/2016 12:16:39 PM

Wednesday, November 02, 2016 12:16:39 PM

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MNTA 2016-2018 News Flow

[Miscellaneous updates from today’s 3Q16 PR/CC.]


Glatopa (20mg & 40mg) programs

Late 2016/early 2017: Expected FDA approval of NVS/MNTA’s 40mg-Copaxone ANDA.

1Q17: Ruling from US District Court trial on Teva’s 40mg-Copaxone patents. (The trial has completed; the Court’s ruling is independent of the USPTO IPR that invalidated Teva’s ‘250, ‘302, and ‘413 patents.)

Feb 2017: Potential NVS/MNTA “at risk” launch of 40mg Glatopa. (See #msg-124820193.)


FoB program

Late 2016: Report phase-3 data for Humira FoB in psoriasis. (351(k) submission to FDA is planned in 1H17 with projected US launch in 2018, subject to patent litigation—see #msg-118781959.)

[Timing unknown: Commercial partnership for Humira FoB.

15-Jan-2017: USPTO decision on Orencia IPR.

2H17: Report phase-1 data for Orencia FoB. (The phase-1 trial started in Oct 2016.)

Timing unknown: Disclosures re five FoB compounds other than Orencia in MYL-MNTA partnership. (For each FoB program, disclosure will be made when the phase-1 trial begins.)


Lovenox program

10-Jul-2017: US District Court trial of NVS/MNTA vs AMPH on infringement of MNTA’s Lovenox patents, which could result in substantial damages payable to NVS/MNTA. (The Appellate Court remanded the case to the District Court on 11/10/15, finding that the defendant, Amphastar, is not protected by the Hatch-Waxman Safe Harbor: #msg-118404904, #msg-115468100.)


Sialylated IVIG program

2H17: Report data from phase-1 trial of M281 (anti-FcRn mAb).

2017: Start phase-1 trial of M230 (Fc receptor).

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