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Approval Alert: Samsung Bioepis’ Second Denosumab Biosimilar Approved in South Korea

May 30, 2025

On 30 May 2025, Samsung Bioepis announced that it has received marketing approval in South Korea for its second denosumab biosimilar, Xbryk™, biosimilar to Amgen’s Xgeva® (denosumab).  This follows the South Korean approval of Samsung Bioepis’ Obodence™ (biosimilar to Amgen’s Prolia®) in April 2025.

Samsung Bioepis’ denosumab biosimilars were approved in February 2025 in both the US (marketed as Ospomyv™/Xbryk™) and Europe (marketed as Obodence™/Xbryk™).  In August 2024, Amgen commenced US BPCIA patent infringement proceedings against Samsung Bioepis in relation to its denosumab biosimilars.  Those proceedings are ongoing.