Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 May 2017
Janssen files suit in U.S. to block sale of Samsung Bioepis' Remicade copy
18 May 2017 - A unit of healthcare conglomerate Johnson & Johnson filed a lawsuit to block a copy of its rheumatoid arthritis drug Remicade made by South Korea's Samsung Bioepis Co Ltd from being sold in the United States.
Janssen Biotech Inc, in a suit filed to the U.S. District Court of New Jersey dated Wednesday, seeks a preliminary or permanent injunction to block Samsung Bioepis' biosimilar of Remicade from sale and argues the South Korean firm violated three of its patents.
"We have filed a lawsuit against Samsung to investigate whether their biosimilar infliximab infringes on our manufacturing process patents for Remicade," Janssen told Reuters in a statement on Friday.
