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AbbVie, Eisai Co and EA Pharma announced Humira® (adalimumab) has received additional approvals in Japan for its high-dose regimen in adults with ulcerative colitis and in a new regimen in paediatric patients.

JW Therapeutics announced that China’s NMPA has approved the IND for a clinical trial of BCMA-targeted Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T cell JWCAR129 in treating relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.

Hikma Pharmaceuticals announced that it will acquire Custopharm for an initial cash consideration of USD $375 million with a further USD $50 million in contingent consideration payable upon the achievement of certain commercial milestones.

Korea Biomedical Review reported that Samsung Bioepis and Genetech have signed a licence agreement for ranibizumab.  Under the terms of the agreement, Samsung Bioepis can market its biosimilar ranibizumab from June 2022.

PharmGene Science and Access Bio announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the joint development and commercialisation of a biosimilar mRNA COVID-19 vaccine.

Business Standard reported that Aurobindo Pharma (through the subsidiary CuraTeQ Biologics) has submitted a Marketing Authorisation Application to the EMA for BP14 (proposed biosimilar pegfilgrastim).

Syneos Health and CuraTeQ Biologics (a subsidiary of Aurobindo) are recruiting participants for a comparative trial to be conducted in New Zealand to assess the pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, safety and immunogenicity of 3 different products (BP11, US-Xolair and EU-Xol...