Interferon alfa-2b - Biologic Drug Details

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Summary for interferon alfa-2b

Tradenames:	1
High Confidence Patents:	5
Applicants:	1
BLAs:	1
Recent Clinical Trials:	See clinical trials for interferon alfa-2b
Patent Litigation and PTAB cases:	See patent lawsuits and PTAB cases for interferon alfa-2b

Recent Clinical Trials for interferon alfa-2b

Identify potential brand extensions & biosimilar entrants

Sponsor	Phase
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	Phase 2
Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati	Phase 2
Boston Children's Hospital	Phase 2

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Recent Litigation for interferon alfa-2b

Identify key patents and potential future biosimilar entrants

District Court Litigation

Case Name	Date
Guardant Health, Inc. v. Tempus AI, Inc.	2024-06-11
Natera, Inc. v. NeoGenomics Laboratories, Inc.	2024-01-04
Corteva Agriscience LLC v. Inari Agriculture, Inc.	2023-09-27

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PTAB Litigation

Petitioner	Date
Inari Agriculture, Inc.	2024-06-13
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	2019-09-20
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	2019-05-14

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Note on Biologic Patents

Matching patents to biologic drugs is far more complicated than for small-molecule drugs.

DrugPatentWatch employs three methods to identify biologic patents:

Brand-side disclosures in response to biosimilar applications

These patents were identified from disclosures by the brand-side company, in response to a potential biosimilar seeking to launch. They have a high certainty of blocking biosimilar entry. The expiration dates listed are not estimates — they're expiration dates as indicated by the brand-side company.

General brand-side disclosures

These patents were identified from searching drug labels and other general disclosures from the brand-side company. This list may exclude some of the patents which block biosimilar launch, and some of these patents listed may not actually block biosimilar launch. The expiration dates listed for these patents are estimates, based on the grant date of the patent.

Patents from broad patent text search

For completeness, these patents were identified by searching the patent literature for mentions of the branded or ingredient name of the drug. Some of these patents protect the original drug, whereas others may protect follow-on inventions or even inventions casually mentioning the drug. The expiration dates listed for these patents are estimates, based on the grant date of the patent.

1) High Certainty: US Patents for interferon alfa-2b Derived from Brand-Side Litigation

No patents found based on brand-side litigation

2) High Certainty: US Patents for interferon alfa-2b Derived from Company Disclosures

These patents were obtained from company disclosures

Glossary

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Applicant	Tradename	Biologic Ingredient	Dosage Form	BLA	Patent No.	Estimated Patent Expiration	Source
Merck Sharp & Dohme Llc	INTRON A	interferon alfa-2b	For Injection	103132	⤷ Sign Up	2002-11-19	Company disclosures
Merck Sharp & Dohme Llc	INTRON A	interferon alfa-2b	For Injection	103132	⤷ Sign Up	2002-07-23	Company disclosures
Merck Sharp & Dohme Llc	INTRON A	interferon alfa-2b	For Injection	103132	⤷ Sign Up	2039-03-29	Company disclosures
Merck Sharp & Dohme Llc	INTRON A	interferon alfa-2b	For Injection	103132	⤷ Sign Up	2014-10-11	Company disclosures
Merck Sharp & Dohme Llc	INTRON A	interferon alfa-2b	For Injection	103132	⤷ Sign Up	2020-08-26	Company disclosures
Merck Sharp & Dohme Llc	INTRON A	interferon alfa-2b	Injection	103132	⤷ Sign Up	2002-11-19	Company disclosures
Merck Sharp & Dohme Llc	INTRON A	interferon alfa-2b	Injection	103132	⤷ Sign Up	2002-07-23	Company disclosures
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3) Low Certainty: US Patents for interferon alfa-2b Derived from Patent Text Search

These patents were obtained by searching patent claims