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Amgen Inc. v. F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd. (Fed. Cir. 2009)

By Donald Zuhn, Kevin Noonan, Chris Singer, Sherri Oslick, and Jason Derry

Something for Everyone, but the Injunction Stands By Kevin E. Noonan -- Amgen has several times successfully defended its erythropoietin (EPO) franchise, the company's first commercial success and in many ways the crown jewel of its (or anyone's) biologics drug pipeline. That string of successes continued today with a decision by the Federal Circuit against its latest challenger, Hoffman-La Roche. But the decision also put several of the patents protecting Amgen's EPO at risk, making this a mixed victory at best for the biotechnology company. The case involved the most recent challenge, Roche's Mircera® product, a pegylated derivative of human...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on September 16, 2009 (boomark / email).