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Organon announced that it has entered into a licence agreement with Shanghai Henlius Biotech regarding biosimilars to Perjeta® (pertuzumab, HLX11) and Prolia®/Xgeva® (denosumab, HLX14).  Under the agreement, Organon has exclusive global commercialisation rights “except for ...

Samsung Bioepis presented data from its Ph III trials of SB12 (eculizumab biosimilar) in paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria at the European Hematology Association 2022, reporting that SB12 is bioequivalent to Alexion’s Soliris®.

Alvotech announced the launch of Hukyndra® (citrate-free 100mg/ml biosimilar adalimumab) in Europe by its partner STADA.  The initial launch regions include France, Germany, Finland, and Sweden, with further launches scheduled “over the coming months”.  Whilst Hukyndra® is ...

A new study sponsored by GSK presented at the ASCO annual meeting reported on a small trial of 14 patients with locally advanced mismatch repair-deficient rectal cancer.  The researchers reported that 6 months of treatment with dostarlimab led to clinical complete responses...

Amgen announced that the FDA has approved a new indication for Riabni™ (biosimilar rituximab) – in combination with methotrexate, for adults with rheumatoid arthritis who have had an inadequate response to TNF antagonist therapies.  Riabni™ is Amgen’s fifth approved U...

The PTAB instituted an inter partes review filed by Fresenius Kabi against US Patent 9,750,752 (‘752 patent) owned by Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha and Hoffman-La Roche.  The ‘752 patent is directed at methods of treating giant cell arteritis by subcutaneously administeri...

Biogen and Samsung Bioepis announced the launch of Byooviz™ (biosimilar ranibizumab) in the US.  Biogen announced that Byooviz will be available at a discount of 40% compared to Lucentis®.  Byooviz was developed under a partnership between Biogen and Samsung Bioepis, and th...

Civica announced that is has selected Profil as its clinical trial partner to support the development of its affordable insulin initiative.  In March 2020, Civica announced its plan to manufacture biosimilar insulins glargine, lispro and aspart.  Civica plans to set a maxim...

Roche announced that Health Canada has approved Vabysmo® (faricimab) for the treatment of neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic macular edema (DME).  This is the first approved treatment in Canada for wet AMD and DME that targets both VEGF-A ...