Biosimilar Humira Settlements Stand Firm In US

Purchasers Had Alleged Anticompetitive Conduct

Settlement agreements reached by Humira biosimilar chasers Amgen, Samsung Bioepis and Sandoz in 2017 and 2018 were challenged in court by adalimumab purchasers, which alleged they formed were a part of a broader scheme to hold up competition to the multi-billion-dollar blockbuster brand in the US. But the biosimilar firms and AbbVie will not have to face the antitrust claims.

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The court described plaintiffs' theory of antitrust injury as 'not plausible' • Source: Shutterstock

Patent-litigation settlements agreed by biosimilar sponsors Amgen, Samsung Bioepis and Sandoz that played a part in AbbVie maintaining control over the market for Humira (adalimumab) in the US do not amount to violations of antitrust regulations, a US district court has held.

Illinois district judge Manish Shah dismissed both federal and state claims brought by a class of indirect Humira purchasers, including...

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