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The Australian Financial Review reports that on 17 February 2025, Novo Nordisk confirmed that Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) approved an indication extension for Wegovy® (semaglutide) as an adjunct to standard of care therapy to reduce the risk of major ...

On 17 February 2025, Formycon announced that it will be prematurely terminating the “Lotus” Phase 3 trial of FYB206, biosimilar to MSD’s Keytruda® (pembrolizumab).  According to Formycon, based on “intensive scientific dialogue” with the US FDA, it has concluded that the Ph...

On 16 February 2025, Samsung Bioepis announced that the European Commission has approved Obodence™ (60mg pre-filled syringe) and Xbryk™ (120mg vial), biosimilars to Amgen’s Prolia® and Xgeva® (denosumab), respectively.  The biosimilars are approved for the same indications ...

On 14 February 2025, Galderma announced that the European Commission has approved Nemluvio® (nemolizumab) for both moderate to severe atopic dermatitis and prurigo nodularis.

According to Galderma, Nemluvio® is the first approved mAb specifically targeting IL-31 rece...

On 14 February 2025, the FDA approved Sanofi-Aventis US’s Merilog™ (injection, 10 mL)/Merilog™ SoloStar (injection, 3 mL) (insulin-aspart-szjj), biosimilars to Novo Nordisk’s Novolog® (insulin aspart), for the improvement of glycaemic control in adults and paediatric patien...

On 13 February 2025, Celltrion announced that Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has approved its subcutaneous formulation for Aptozma™/CT-P47, biosimilar to Roche’s Actemra® (tocilizumab), for rheumatoid arthritis (RA).  In the same announcement, Celltrion also confi...

On 13 February 2025, CSL announced that the European Commission has approved Andembry® (garadacimab) to prevent attacks of hereditary angioedema (HAE) in adult and adolescent patients aged 12 years and older.

This is the third approval for the anti-FXIIa mAb, followi...

On 13 February 2025, the US FDA approved Samsung Bioepis’ Ospomyv™ and Xbryk™ (denosumab-dssb, SB16), biosimilars to Amgen’s Prolia® and Xgeva® respectively.  The biosimilars are approved for the same indications as the reference medicines.

Ospomyv™ and Xbryk™ are th...

On 12 February 2025, Qyuns Therapeutics Co., Ltd. announced that China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has accepted the marketing authorisation application and supplemental application for QX001S, biosimilar to J&J/Janssen’s Stelara® (ustekinumab), for...

On 12 February 2025, Pfizer announced that the US FDA has approved Adcetris® (brentuximab vedotin) in combination with lenalidomide and rituximab for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL).  Specific indications include trea...