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Samsung announced that it has signed a settlement and licence agreement with Johnson & Johnson settling all pending US patent litigation between the companies, with a licence to Samsung to commercialise its Stelara (ustekinumab) biosimilar SB17 in the US from 22 Februar...

Merck announced that the FDA has accepted for priority review its new supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) seeking approval for Keytruda® in combination with Seagen/Astellas’ Padcev® (enfortumab vedotin-ejfv), an antibody-drug conjugate, for the treatment of ad...

Regeneron filed a Complaint in the US District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia against Formycon asserting infringement of 39 US aflibercept patents.  The heavily redacted Complaint states that on 29 August 2023 Formycon announced its aBLA for FYB203 was acc...

Alvotech announced that its pharmacokinetic study of AVT05, its Simponi®/Simponi Aria® (golimumab) biosimilar, met its primary endpoint.  The study assessed the pharmacokinetics, safety and tolerability of AVT05 compared to Simponi® in healthy adult subjects.

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Bio-Thera Solutions announced that its phase III study of BAT2206 demonstrated it is highly similar to Janssen’s Stelara® (ustekinumab) in patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis.  Bio-Thera confirmed it will present the results at a future medical meeting or in a...

Samsung Biologics disclosed in a corporate filing with the Repository of Korea’s Corporate Filings (DART) that it has taken ₩3T (US$2.3B) in orders in 2023 after it has entered a new confidential sales/supply contract worth ₩588B (~US$457M).  The contract partner and contra...

Daiichi Sankyo announced that it has received approval from Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare for Daichirona® for IV injection as an Omicron XBB.1.5-adapted monovalent mRNA vaccine against COVID-19.  Daichirona® is the first Japanese-made mRNA vaccine, and will...

Alvotech reported unaudited financial results for the first nine months of 2023.  Results included product revenue of US$29.8 million in 2023 compared to US$11.1 million for the same period in 2022, and R&D expenses of US$152.8 million compared to US$133.1 million in 20...

Biocon Biologics announced that it has completed the integration of Viatris in 31 countries in Europe.

Biocon Biologics completed the US integration in September 2023.  The multi-billion dollar deal was finalised in November 2022.