Innovent’s Bevagen® approved in Indonesia

Innovent Biologics and PT Etana Biotechnologies announced that the Indonesian Food and Drugs Authority has approved Bevagen® (bevacizumab biosimilar) for metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC); locally recurrent or metastatic triple negative breast cancer (mTNBC); advanced, metastatic, or recurrent non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC); epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, and primary peritoneal cancer (OC); and cervical cancer (CC).  According to Innovent and Etana, Bevagen® may be “the first Chinese antibody drug to be marketed and locally produced in Southeast Asia”.