PTAB Life Sciences Report

By John Cravero — About the PTAB Life Sciences Report: periodically, we will report on developments at the PTAB involving life sciences patents. Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Sanofi Aventis Deutschland GmbH PTAB Petition: IPR2017-01526; filed June 5, 2017. Institution of Inter Partes Review; entered December 13, 2017. Patent at Issue: U.S. Patent No. 7,476,652 ("Acidic insulin preparations having improved stability," issued January 13, 2009) claims a pharmaceutical formulation comprising Gly(A21), Arg(B31), Arg(B32)-human insulin; at least one chemical entity chosen from polysorbate 20 and polysorbate 80; at least one preservative; and water, wherein the pharmaceutical formulation has a pH in the…Original Article