Actual Filer of aBLA Not a Necessary Party in BPCIA Litigation
Recently, District Judge John Z. Lee of the Northern District of Illinois refused to dismiss a patent infringement suit brought under the Biosimilar Price Competition and Innovation Act (“BPCIA”) against a foreign parent company on the grounds that the domestic subsidiary was not a necessary party. See AbbVie Inc. v. Alvotech hf., No. 21-cv-02258 (N.D.…