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On 8 January 2026, Takeda announced that it has entered a global collaboration and licence agreement with Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc, which grants Takeda exclusive rights to Halozyme’s Enhanze® drug delivery technology for use with Takeda’s Entyvio® (vedolizumab).

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On 8 January 2026, the Munich Regional Court granted Regeneron and Bayer preliminary injunctions (PIs) preventing STADA, Hexal, Celltrion and Advanz Pharma from marketing their aflibercept biosimilars in Germany and requiring them to recall any products already on the marke...

GSK’s Nucala® (mepolizumab) has received approval in China and the UK as an add-on maintenance treatment for adult patients with inadequately controlled COPD characterised by raised blood eosinophils.

The approval by China’s National Medical Products Administration (...

On 6 January 2026, Fresenius Kabi announced that it has introduced a new presentation of Otulfi®, biosimilar to Janssen’s/J&J’s Stelara® (ustekinumab), in a 45 mg/0.5 mL single-dose vial for subcutaneous injection.

Following the introduction of this new presentat...

On 6 January 2026, Biocon Biologics announced that it will unveil three new biosimilars at the 2026 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference to be held 12-16 January 2026 in San Francisco.  The as yet unnamed biosimilars are for pembrolizumab (referencing MSD’s Keytruda®), nivolum...

Pearce IP’s Head of Litigation (NZ), Paul Johns, explores the usefulness of Swiss-type claims in New Zealand patents, including comparisons of key points of law and practice in other countries. He discusses the particular requirements for Swiss claims under New Zealan...

On 2 January 2026, Samsung Bioepis announced that it has begun direct commercialisation of Byooviz®, biosimilar to Genentech’s Lucentis® (ranibizumab), in Europe, following the transfer back of commercial rights from Biogen to Samsung Bioepis.

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