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Korea Biomedical Review reported that Samsung Bioepis will present on three scientific abstracts on its ophthalmology biosimilars, aflibercept and ranibizumab, at the American Academy of Ophthalmology 2022 between 30 September – 03 October.  Samsung Bioepis reported that in...

BioNTech and Pfizer have filed suit in the Patents Court of England and Wales seeking to invalidate two Moderna patents relating to COVID vaccine technology.  Moderna sued Pfizer and BioNTech for patent infringement in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts...

Merck announced that Japan’s Ministry of Health has granted approval of Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for four new indications: in combination with chemotherapy as neoadjuvant treatment, and then continued as monotherapy as adjuvant treatment, for patients with hormone receptor-...

Pulse News reported that Celltrion has received approval for Vegzelma™ (biosimilar bevacizumab) in Japan for the treatment of a number of indications including colorectal cancer, non-small cell lung cancer and metastatic breast cancer.

Celltrion announced that the FDA has approved Vegzelma™ (biosimilar bevacizumab) for the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer; recurrent or metastatic non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (nsNSCLC); recurrent glioblastoma; metastatic renal cell carcinoma; persistent...

On 26 September 2022, Sanofi’s oppositions to five Amgen patent applications were held to be unsuccessful by the Australian Patent Office.  The patent applications (AU2013203677, AU2013203685, AU2013203689, AU2013203748, AU2013203751) relate to antigen binding proteins to p...

Significant biosimilar activities this week include:

22 Sep 22 | CH | STADA launches Alvotech’s Hukyndra® (100mg/mL adalimumab) in Switzerland

Alvotech and STADA announced the launch of Hukyndra® (100mg/mL, citrate free biosimilar adalimumab) in Switzerland.  ...

The Australian Department of Health and Aged Care announced that from 1 October 2022 Keytruda (pembrolizumab) will be included in the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) for the treatment of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.   The Health Minister rep...

AstraZeneca and Merck (“MSD” outside North America) announced that China’s NMP has approved Lynparza® (olaparib) as first-line maintenance treatment for adult patients with advanced epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer who are in complete or parti...

Alvotech and STADA announced the launch of Hukyndra® (100mg/mL, citrate free biosimilar adalimumab) in Switzerland.  Alvotech reached a settlement with AbbVie in April 2022, enabling the launch of adalimumab across Europe, and STADA has since launched Hukyndra in several Eu...