Life sciences and pharma

Decisions of the Unified Patent Court recorded under "Life sciences and pharma" in UPC Litigation Watch, the case law database maintained by Dhenne Avocats.

Decisions of the Unified Patent Court in pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and medical devices: validity and sufficiency, SPCs, generic and biosimilar launches, provisional measures and evidence.

121 decisions recorded

Sanofi Mature IP v Accord Healthcare (CFI, 7 January 2025)

7 January 2025 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Application Rop305 Enriched entry

By an order of 7 January 2025, made in the parallel infringement actions on EP 2 493 466 (UPC_CFI_145/2024 to UPC_CFI_148/2024, against Accord Healthcare, STADA, Reddy and Zentiva), Judge Zigann, judge-rapporteur at the Munich Local Division, substituted Sanofi Winthrop Industrie for Sanofi-Aventis…

Insulet v Eoflow (CFI, 30 December 2024)

30 December 2024 CFI / Milan (IT) Local Division / Generic application Enriched entry

By an order of 30 December 2024 (UPC_CFI_400/2024, ORD_60558/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Milan Local Division (Judge Zana) dismissed Insulet's application for a costs decision against Eoflow, whose application to intervene in support of A.

Insulet v A. Menarini Diagnostics (CFI, 23 December 2024)

23 December 2024 CFI / Milan (IT) Central Division- Section / Generic application Enriched entry

By an order of 23 December 2024 (UPC_CFI_380/2024, ORD_59988/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Milan Central Division (Judge Postiglione) ordered A. Menarini Diagnostics to pay Insulet EUR 1,764 for the costs of opposing its application to intervene, refused on 1 October 2024, in…

Alexion Pharmaceuticals v Samsung Bioepis NL (CoA, 20 December 2024)

20 December 2024 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Appeal RoP220.1 Enriched entry

In an order of 20 December 2024 (UPC_CoA_402/2024), the Court of Appeal dismissed Alexion’s appeal against the Hamburg Local Division’s refusal to grant provisional measures against Samsung Bioepis’s marketing of Epysqli®, a biosimilar of Soliris® (eculizumab), under EP 3 167 888.

G. Pohl-Boskamp v pharma-aktiva (CFI, 20 December 2024)

20 December 2024 CFI / Mannheim (DE) Local Division / Generic Order Enriched entry

By an order of 20 December 2024 (UPC_CFI_541/2024), made after an oral hearing, the Mannheim Local Division (Judge Tochtermann presiding, Judge Böttcher as judge-rapporteur, Judge Mlakar) granted G.

Insulet v A. Menarini Diagnostics (CFI, 22 November 2024)

22 November 2024 CFI / Milan (IT) Local Division / Application for provisional measures Enriched entry

By order of 22 November 2024 (UPC_CFI_400/2024, App_40442/2024), made after the hearing of 15 October 2024, the Milan Local Division (panel presided over by P. Perrotti) dismissed Insulet Corporation's application for provisional measures against A.

Insulet v EOFLOW (CFI, 22 November 2024)

22 November 2024 CFI / Milan (IT) Central Division- Section / Application for provisional measures Enriched entry

By order of 22 November 2024 (UPC_CFI_380/2024), made after the hearing of 16 October 2024, the Milan Central Division (panel presided over by A. Postiglione) dismissed Insulet Corporation's application for provisional measures against EOFLOW Co., Ltd.

EOFLOW v Insulet (CoA, 9 October 2024)

9 October 2024 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Generic Order Enriched entry

In an order of 9 October 2024 (UPC_CoA_584/2024), the Court of Appeal refused EOFlow’s request to expedite its appeal against the order of 24 September 2024 of the Milan Central Division, which had declined to join Insulet’s application for provisional measures against…

EOFLOW v Insulet (CFI, 1 October 2024)

1 October 2024 CFI / Milan (IT) Central Division- Section / Generic Order Enriched entry

By order of 1 October 2024 (UPC_CFI_380/2024, ORD_52068/2024), the Milan Central Division (A. Postiglione, presiding and judge-rapporteur, A.-L.

Insulet v A. Menarini Diagnostics (CFI, 1 October 2024)

1 October 2024 CFI / Milan (IT) Local Division / Application for provisional measures Enriched entry

By order of 1 October 2024 (UPC_CFI_400/2024), the Milan Local Division dismissed the application of EOFlow, the manufacturer of the EOPatch insulin patch pump, to intervene in support of its exclusive distributor A.

EOFLOW v INSULET (CFI, 24 September 2024)

24 September 2024 CFI / Milan (IT) Central Division- Section / Application Rop 333 Enriched entry

By an order of 24 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_380/2024), the panel of the Milan Central Division (A. Postiglione, presiding judge and judge-rapporteur, A.-L.

Novartis v Celltrion (CFI, 6 September 2024)

6 September 2024 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Application for provisional measures Enriched entry

By order of 6 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_166/2024, ACT_18551/2024), the Düsseldorf Local Division (R. Thomas, presiding, B.

Alexion Pharmaceuticals v Samsung Bioepis NL (CoA, 30 July 2024)

30 July 2024 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Generic application Enriched entry

By order of 30 July 2024 (UPC_CoA_402/2024, APL_40470/2024), the Court of Appeal rejected Alexion Pharmaceuticals' request to expedite its appeal against the Hamburg Local Division's dismissal of its application for provisional measures against Samsung Bioepis NL on EP 3 167 888.