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Alvotech and STADA announced the European Commission (EC) has granted centralised marketing authorisation (MA) for Uzpruvo® (AVT04), the first EU-approved biosimilar to Janssen’s Stelara® (ustekinumab).  The marketing authorisation is valid in all European Economic Area cou...

Celltrion announced the next phase of its strategic transformation to focus on new drug development at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, California.  Celltrion discussed the company’s strategic priorities and progress, including its vision to move ...

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) in found that Regeneron’s patents 10,130,681 and 10,888,601 relating to methods of treatment using Eylea® (aflibercept) are invalid.  The PTAB held in IPR2022-01225 and IPR2022-01226 that all challenged claims of the two patents were...

A study published in Ocular Immunology and Inflammation found that switching patients with non-infectious uveitis (NIU) from AbbVie’s Humira® to Samsung Bioepis’ Adalloce® (SB5) did not result in clinically significant efficacy or safety differences.  The study was funded b...

Biogen and Eisai announced that Leqembi® (lecanemab) has been approved by the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) in China for the treatment of mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and mild AD dementia.  Eisai has begun preparation for launc...

GSK and Aiolos Bio announced they have entered into an agreement for GSK to acquire Aiolos, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on addressing respiratory and inflammatory conditions, for $1B upfront and up to $400M in milestone payments.  Aiolos’ AIO-001 is a...

Bayer announced that the European Commission (EC) granted marketing authorisation (MA) for Eylea® 8mg (aflibercept) to treat neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) and visual impairment due to diabetic macular oedema (DMO).  Eylea® 8 mg is approved for ad...

The Korea Biomedical Review has reported that Celltrion confirmed it has increased Australian sales of Remsima SC®, biobetter to Remsima® (IV product), biosimilar to Janssen’s Remicade® (infliximab), in the first nine months of 2023 by 48% year on year.  Celltrion expects R...

AGC Biologics announced that it will construct a new manufacturing facility for biologics and advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs) in Yokohama Japan.  It expects the site to be operational in 2026.

The 20,000 m² facility will offer pre-clinical through to comm...