Read our latest updates & insights

MSD announced that the FDA approved its Keytruda® (pembrolizumab) combined with fluoropyrimidine- and platinum-containing chemotherapy, for the first-line treatment of adults with locally advanced unresectable or metastatic human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-ne...

The French Parliament is debating 2024 budget reform (Social Security Financing Bill for 2024) which would enable pharmacists to substitute originator biologic products with biosimilars two years after the launch of the biosimilar.  Under proposed amendments 1156, 2415 and ...

Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) announced the FDA approved its Augtyro® (repotrectinib) for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic ROS1-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).  

On 30 October 2023, FDA approved BMS’s supplemental biologic...

The Korea Herald reported that Samsung Bioepis has received approval from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety for a phase I clinical trial of SB27, a biosimilar to Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy Keytruda® (pembrolizumab).  Samsung appears to be ahead of several other companies ...

Alvotech and JAMP Pharma announced that Health Canada has granted marketing authorization for Jamteki™ (AVT04), the first approved biosimilar to Stelara® (ustekinumab) in Canada.  AVT04 was developed by Alvotech and will be marketed under the name Jamteki® by JAMP in Canada...

Roche announced that the EU CHMP recommended the approval of its subcutaneous (SC) formulation of Tecentriq® (atezolizumab).  The CHMP recommended Tecentriq SC for all indications for which Tecentriq® is approved, including various lung, liver, bladder and breast cancers.

AstraZeneca announced that China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) approved its Imfinzi® (durvalumab) for the first-line treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic biliary tract cancer (BTC) in combination with chemotherapy (gemcitabine ...

Biocon Biologics announced that the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved its Yesafili®, biosimilar to Regeneron’s Eylea® (aflibercept), to treat neovascular age-related macular degeneration, visual impairment due to macular oedema secon...