India Supreme Court keeps Zydus nivolumab biosimilar on market pending patent dispute

Economic Times
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The Supreme Court declined to block Zydus Lifesciences from manufacturing and selling its nivolumab biosimilar and instructed Bristol Myers Squibb to complete a product-to-patent mapping and seek any interim relief from the Delhi High Court based on that mapping.
India Supreme Court keeps Zydus nivolumab biosimilar on market pending patent dispute
Why it matters
Zydus can continue commercial sales immediately, increasing near-term price competition against BMS’s Opdivo/Opdyta while the patent case proceeds. The order shifts the next procedural burden to BMS to produce a mapping-based infringement case in the High Court, tightening the window for any effective injunction with the patent set to expire on May 2. For oncology providers and payers, the ruling accelerates access to a lower-cost alternative (Zydus cites ~70% lower pricing) during the remaining patent term.
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