24 March 2021 | EirGenix announced that its Ph III clinical trial of EG12014 (proposed trastuzumab biosimilar) has met its primary endpoint. EirGenix announced that EG12014 has shown equivalent efficacy to Herceptin®, and demonstrated a comparable safety profile.
25 March 2021 | Alvotech has disputed AbbVie’s claim filed in the Northern District of Illinois last week relating to AbbVie’s allegations of wrongdoing in the development of Alvotech’s biosimilar adalimumab product. Alvotech notes “AbbVie waited over three years from the purported date of the alleged wrongdoing to file its case, doing so after the ex-AbbVie employee had already left Alvotech and without naming the ex-AbbVie employee as a defendant”, suggesting that these latest accusations may be part of AbbVie’s broader strategy to delay biosimilar competition.
25 March 2021 | mAbxience announced it will install an ABEC 4,000L CSR bioreactor at its site in Leon, Spain. The system is expected to be installed within months, and will boost mAbxience’s biosimilar and CDMO manufacturing capacity.
25 March 2021 | JP | Korea Biomedical Review reported that LG Chem has received approval from Japan’s Health Ministry for its biosimilar adalimumab. The product will be commercialised by Mochida Pharmaceuticals.
26 March 2021 | AU | A number of changes have been made to the PBS listings of adalimumab in Australia. From 1 April:
- The Amgen, Merck/Samsung, Sandoz and Fresenius 50mg/ml products will be PBS listed and A flagged against the 50mg/ml Humira formulations for all approved indications; and
- Humira 100mg/ml 20mg and 40mg products will be listed and A flagged against the 50mg/ml Humira formulations, and the 50mg/ml Humira product will be phased out over 12 months but cannot be prescribed after 1 April (ie the pharmacies will honour scripts written prior to 1 April).
- Humira 100mg/ml 80mg syringe and pen products will be PBS listed but will not be A flagged as they are not considered equivalent to the “original” Humira formulation/product.