The patent EP3021833 was granted to Hexal on Mar 30, 2022. The application was originally filed on Jul 21, 2014 under application number EP14744505A. The patent is currently recorded with a legal status of "Patent Maintained As Amended".

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| INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORT | US2012237547 |
| INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORT | WO2012089778 |
| INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORT | WO2013011076 |
| OPPOSITION | WO2004016286 |
| OPPOSITION | WO2012065072 |
| OPPOSITION | WO2012089778 |
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| OPPOSITION | - ALTEN et al., "Immunogenicity of a proposed adalimumab biosimilar, FKB327, and the reference products in patients with rheumatoid arthritis", Poster presentation in Clinical: Therapy and observation, 14th Congress of ECCO, (20190306), XP055581968 |
| OPPOSITION | - "EMA Guideline on immunogenicity assessment of monoclonal antibodies intended for in vivo clinical use, EMA/CHMP/BMWP/862 89/2010", EMA, (20120524), pages 1 - 10, XP055581943 |
| OPPOSITION | - EMA SmPC for Cyltezo@ |
| OPPOSITION | - EMA SmPC for Hulio@ |
| OPPOSITION | - GENOVESE et al., "Efficacy , safety and immunogenicity in randomized, double-blind (DB) and open-label extension (OL) studies comparing FKB327, an adalimumab biosimilar, with the adalimumab reference product (Humira@; RP) in patients (pts) with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA", ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting, (20170928), XP055581963 |
| OPPOSITION | - "Guideline on immunogenicity assessment of biotechnology-derived therapeutic proteins (EMEA/CHMP/BMWP/14327/2006)", EMEA, (20071213), pages 1 - 18, XP055581938 |
| OPPOSITION | - "Humira@ (adalimumab; 50 mg/ml formulation Package Insert", (20020000), XP055405955 |
| OPPOSITION | - KATSANOS et al., "Patterns and clinical relevance of antibody responses during adalimumab therapy", Annals of Gastroenterology, (20100000), vol. 23, no. 3, pages 165 - 171, XP055581983 |
| OPPOSITION | - Sarah Yim, "FDA Summary Review of Regulatory Action", FDA, (20151115), XP055581980 |
| OPPOSITION | - EMI AIKAWA et al., "Immunogenicity of anti-TNFa agents in autoimmune diseases", Clinic Rev Allerg Immunol, (20100000), vol. 38, no. 2-3, pages 82 - 89, XP055017851 |
| OPPOSITION | - BARBOSA et al., "Biosimilars and biobetters as tools for understanding and mitigating the immunogenicity of biotherapeutics", Drug Discovery Today, (20121223), vol. 17, pages 1282 - 1288, XP055581987 |
| OPPOSITION | - KAMEOKA et al., "Effect of buffer species on the unfolding and the aggregation of humanized IgG", J Biochem, (20070914), vol. 142, pages 383 - 391, XP055581990 |
| OPPOSITION | - PURI et al., "Pharmacokinetics , safety, tolerability and immunogenicity of FKB327, a new biosimilar medicine of adalimumab/Humira, in healthy subjects", British J Clin Pharmacol, (20170000), vol. 83, pages 1405 - 1415, XP055581957 |
| OPPOSITION | - COHEN et al., "Similar efficacy, safety and immunogenicity of adalimumab biosimilar BI 695501 and Humira reference product in patients with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis: results from the Phase III randomised VOLTAIRE-RA equivalence study", Ann Rheum Dis, (20180000), vol. 77, pages 914 - 921, XP055581951 |
| OPPOSITION | - ROSENBERG, "Effects of protein aggregates: an immunologic perspective", The AAPS Journal, (20060000), vol. 8, no. 3, pages E501 - E507, XP036197980 |
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