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by Zachary Silbersher

Posts tagged Johnson & Johnson
Which patents cover the COVID-19 vaccine candidates for Moderna, AstraZeneca, J&J and Novovax?

A number of companies have announced candidates for a COVID-19 vaccine, including Moderna Therapeutics ($MRNA), AstraZeneca ($AZN), Johnson & Johnson ($JNJ) and Novovax ($NVAX). We looked into the existing landscape of patents that cover many of the existing candidates.

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MorphoSys loses its Darzalex patent case against J&J—what happens next?

Morphosys’ ($MOR) patent trial against Janssen ($JNJ) and Genmab was headed for trial in February.  In advance of that trial, however, the parties traded numerous summary judgment motions.  On January 26, Genmab announced that the District Court granted its motion to invalidate the asserted patents.  What happens next?

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Will MorphoSys’ Darzalex patent case against Janssen make it to trial, or be stopped at summary judgment?

The Darzalex® patent case commenced by MorphoSys against Janssen is headed towards trial.  Before that, however, the parties recently filed a series of summary judgment motions, and on December 3, 2018, the Court heard oral argument.  Will the Court moot the trial by granting Janssen’s motions to invalidate the patents?

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What are the takeaways from the Remicade® antitrust decision between Pfizer and J&J?

We previously blogged about Pfizer’s ($PFE) antitrust lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson ($JNJ) related to Janssen’s Remicade®.  In short, Pfizer launched Inflectra® in 2016, which is a biosimilar to Janssen’s Remicade®.  Yet, Inflectra® has struggled to eat into Janssen’s monopoly for Remicade®.  Pfizer claims that Inflectra®’s poor sales are due to anticompetitive rebate schemes by Janssen.  Specifically, Janssen forced hospitals and insurers to enter exclusive arrangements and bundled-rebated programs that discouraged them from stocking or covering Inflectra®.  Pfizer sued Janssen in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.  Janssen moved to dismiss, but on August 10, the Court denied Janssen’s motion to dismiss.  What are the takeaways?

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