The Future Of US Biosimilars Litigation: Method-Of-Use Patents And ‘Dance’ Obligations
Executive Summary
Expect plenty of litigation over what constitutes infringement of a method-of-use patent even when the protected indication is not found on a biosimilar’s labeling, a panel of legal experts said at the recent BIO meeting; another area of unsettled law is the extent to which a biosimilar sponsor has satisfied the information-exchange provisions of the BPCIA ‘patent dance.’
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