The American Academy of Ophthalmology pushed back against insurance company pressure to use new bevacizumab biosimilars off-label in eye treatment as alternatives to Avastin® (bevacizumab) in the absence of supporting studies.
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By Bioblast Editor | Jul 29, 2021
The American Academy of Ophthalmology pushed back against insurance company pressure to use new bevacizumab biosimilars off-label in eye treatment as alternatives to Avastin® (bevacizumab) in the absence of supporting studies.
By Bioblast Editor | Jul 29, 2021
A new study published in Lancet Oncology reported that pembrolizumab in combination with cetuximab shows promise as a treatment for patients with recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.
By Bioblast Editor | Jul 29, 2021
The FDA announced it has approved the first interchangeable biosimilar insulin product. Semglee® (biosimilar insulin glargine) has been approved as an interchangeable biosimilar to Lantus® and is indicated for adults and paediatric patients with Type 1 diabetes and in adult...
By Pearce IP | Jul 28, 2021
Pearce IP is proud to announce that Principal and Executive Lawyer, Patent Attorney and Trade Mark Attorney Naomi Pearce has been listed by WIPR Diversity as one of the world’s top ...
By Bioblast Editor | Jul 28, 2021
Prestige BioPharma announced that HD201 (proposed trastuzumab biosimilar) demonstrated an equivalent pharmacokinetic and safety profile to reference trastuzumab in a bridging study completed last year.
By Bioblast Editor | Jul 27, 2021
Abenza and BioXpress Therapeutics announced they have formed a new partnership to support biosimilar development and manufacturing.
By Naomi Pearce | Jul 26, 2021
19 Jul 21 | Shanghai Henlius Biotech announced that the first patient has been dosed in its Ph I clinical trial of HLX04-O (proposed bevacizumab biosimilar) in the treatment of wet age-...
By Bioblast Editor | Jul 26, 2021
Teva is recruiting participants for a US study to compare the safety and efficacy of TEV-45779 compared to XOLAIR in patients with Urticaria (CIU)/Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria (CSU) who remain symptomatic on H1 antihistamine treatment. The estimated study completion date ...
By Bioblast Editor | Jul 23, 2021
Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson (J&J) settled the antitrust litigation relating to Pfizer’s Inflectra® (infliximab biosimilar). Pfizer had alleged that J&J’s payer contracts restricted the use of Inflectra® by denying reimbursement unless Remicade was first proven ...
By Bioblast Editor | Jul 22, 2021
A new study published in Rheumatology reported that the safety and efficacy of Celltrion’s CT-P17 (biosimilar adalimumab) were comparable after one year of treatment, including for patients who switched from reference adalimumab after 24 weeks.
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