[Deleted item re USPTO IPR on Teva’s 40-mg Copaxone patents—USPTO ruling invalidating all three patents in question in IPR has already been issue; fixed date re start of Lovenox patent trial.]
Glatopa (20mg & 40mg) programs
• 2H16: FDA GDUFA date for NVS/MNTA’s 40mg-Copaxone ANDA. (See #msg-122479122 for background.)
• 26-Sep-2016: US District Court trial on 40mg Copaxone. (A ruling from the Court is expected in 1Q17 and is independent of the USPTO ruling 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
• Sep 2016: Oral arguments in USPTO IPR on BMY’s US Orencia patent.
• 2H16: Start phase-1 trial for Orencia FoB.
• 2H16: Report phase-3 data for Humira FoB in psoriasis. 351(k) submission to FDA in 2017 with projected US launch in 2018 (subject to patent litigation—see #msg-118781959).
• Jan 2017: USPTO decision on Orencia IPR.
• Timing unknown: Disclosures re five FoB compounds other than Orencia in MYL-MNTA partnership.
Lovenox program
• Late 2017 or 2018: 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.)