83 FR 177 pgs. 46173-46174 - Receipt of Notice That a Patent Infringement Complaint Was Filed Against a Biosimilar Applicant
Type: NOTICEVolume: 83Number: 177Pages: 46173 - 46174
Pages: 46173, 46174Docket number: [Docket No. FDA-2017-N-4853]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2018-19811 Filed 9-11-18; 8:45 am]
Agency: Health and Human Services Department
Sub Agency: Food and Drug Administration
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA-2017-N-4853]
Receipt of Notice That a Patent Infringement Complaint Was Filed Against a Biosimilar Applicant
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is publishing notice that an applicant for a proposed biosimilar product notified FDA that a patent infringement action was filed in connection with the applicant's biologics license application (BLA). Under the Public Health Service Act (PHS Act), an applicant for a proposed biosimilar product or interchangeable product must notify FDA within 30 days after the applicant was served with a complaint in a patent infringement action described under the PHS Act. FDA is required to publish notice of the complaint in the Federal Register .
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Angela Hoague, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 51, Rm. 6257, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 301-348-3915, angela.hoague@fda.hhs.gov .
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
[top] The Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 (BPCI Act) was enacted as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. 111-148) on March 23, 2010. The BPCI Act amended the PHS Act and created an abbreviated licensure pathway for biological products shown to be biosimilar to, or interchangeable with, an FDA-licensed biological reference
FDA received notice of the following complaint under section 351(l)(6)(C) of the PHS Act: Genentech, Inc. and City of Hope v. Amgen Inc., 1:18-cv-00924-GMS (D. Del., filed July 2, 2018).
FDA has only a ministerial role in publishing notice of a complaint received under section 351(l)(6)(C) of the PHS Act, and does not perform a substantive review of the complaint.
Dated: September 6, 2018.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2018-19811 Filed 9-11-18; 8:45 am]
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