IMMUNEX CORP. v. SANDOZ INC.

2020-1037.

964 F.3d 1049 (2020)

IMMUNEX CORPORATION, Amgen Manufacturing, Limited, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Plaintiff v. SANDOZ INC., Sandoz International GmbH, Sandoz GmbH, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided: July 1, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Constantine L. Trela, Jr. , Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL, argued for plaintiffs-appellees. Also represented by Steven J. Horowitz ; Vernon M. Winters , San Francisco, CA; Joshua John Fougere , Jeffrey Paul Kushan , Washington, DC; James Asa High, Jr. , Amgen Inc., South San Francisco, CA; Drew Diamond , Joseph E. Lasher , Dennis J. Smith , Wendy A. Whiteford , Thousand Oaks, CA.

William M. Jay , Goodwin Procter LLP, Washington, DC, argued for defendants-appellants. Also represented by Brian Timothy Burgess ; Cindy Chang , New York, NY; Gerard Justin Cedrone , David Zimmer , Boston, MA; Dan Hoang , George C. Lombardi , Maureen L. Rurka , Julia Mano Johnson , Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL.

Matthew S. Hellman , Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Association for Accessible Medicines. Also represented by Adam G. Unikowsky ; Yusuf Esat , Chicago, IL; Jeffrey Francer , The Association for Accessible Medicines, Washington, DC.

John Cameron Adkisson , Fish & Richardson PC, Minneapolis, MN, for amicus curiae Samsung Bioepis Co., Ltd. Also represented by Elizabeth M. Flanagan , Deanna Jean Reichel ; Jonathan Elliot Singer , San Diego, CA.

Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge Reyna.


Patent owner Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. ("Roche"), its exclusive licensee Immunex Corp., and exclusive sublicensee Amgen Manufacturing, Ltd., initiated this patent infringement suit pursuant to the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act ("BPCIA").1

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