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Organon announced the release of the ‘Biosimilars: A global roadmap for policy sustainability’ setting out a number of priorities to achieve long-term sustainability of biosimilars in Australia, including:

Ensuring alignment of financial incentives that benefit all...

Lupin and DKSH announced that they have signed an exclusive licensing and supply agreement to market five of Alvotech’s biosimilar products in the Philippines.  The biosimilars include AVT03 (biosimilar denosumab – Prolia® and Xgeva®), AVT05 (biosimilar golimumab/Simp...

Genentech and Samsung Bioepis filed a joint stipulation of dismissal in the District Court of Delaware in the bevacizumab BPCIA dispute, settling all claims and counter-claims.  Genentech filed the suit against Samsung Bioepis in June 2020, alleging infringement of 14 paten...

Yonhap News Agency reported that Celltrion’s ustekinumab biosimilar CT-P43 Ph III trials demonstrated comparable efficacy and safety to Janssen’s Stelara®.  Data from the global 28-week study in 509 plaque psoriasis patients was presented at the European Academy of Dermatol...

Australia’s TGA approved Cipla/Alvotech’s 100mg/mL adalimumab biosimilar AVT02 (Ciptunec®/Ardalicip®) for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis, enthesitis-related arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, an...

German based biosimilars focussed company Formycon published its preliminary and unaudited financial results for the first half of 2022.  Formycon reported a turnover of Euro 17.6 million in the first six months of 2022.  The preliminary report does not include the purchase...

Significant biosimilar activities this week include:

12 Aug 22 | US | Alvotech, Mylan & others file amicus curiae briefs in support of Teva’s skinny label case

Alvotech, Mylan, the Association for Accessible Medicines, and 42 professors of law, economics, ...

Alvotech announced that it has received a complete response letter from the FDA in relation to its BLA for AVT02 (biosimilar adalimumab).  Alvotech anticipates being launch ready by the expected US launch date of 1 July 2023 .

In this PiPCast™, we discuss whether a patent inventor must be human or can include artificial intelligence systems in Australia, and look to the future legal developments in this space.

The FDA approved Fresenius Kabi’s Stimufend® (biosimilar pegfilgrastim).  Stimufend is indicated to decrease the incidence of infection, as manifested by febrile neutropenia, in patients with non-myeloid malignancies receiving myelosuppressive anti-cancer drugs associated w...