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On 12 May 2025, the Canadian Federal Court published a decision (issued on 28 April 2025 on a confidential basis) granting Alexion an injunction preventing the Canadian launch of Amgen’s Bkemv®, biosimilar to Alexion’s Soliris® (eculizumab), until 15 March 2027.  The decisi...

On 9 May 2025, New Zealand’s drug funding body, Pharmac, announced that it will be widening access to treatments for melanoma from 1 June 2025, including funding MSD’s Keytruda® (pembrolizumab) for resectable stage IIIB to stage IV melanoma, subject to eligibility criteria....

On 9 May 2025, Bayer announced that it has submitted a marketing authorisation application to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in Japan for Eylea™/aflibercept 8mg for treating patients with macular oedema following retinal vein occlusion (RVO).

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On 8 May 2025, AstraZeneca announced that India’s Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has approved an indication extension for Enhertu® (trastuzumab deruxtecan) in 100 mg solution for infusion as monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with unresecta...

On 7 May 2025, Johnson & Johnson announced that the European Commission (EC) has approved Tremfya® (guselkumab) for the treatment of adults with moderately to severely active Crohn’s disease who have had an inadequate response, lost response, or were intolerant to eithe...

On 6 May 2025, India’s Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) published draft revised guidelines on biosimilars, which update marketing authorisation requirements for biosimilars in line with recent international guidelines.  Given regulatory agencies of major ...