Biosimilars and Biobetters

AbbVie will grant Pfizer license to launch a biosimilar to AbbVie’s Humira worldwide.

The decision follows an FDA request for additional information to complement the company’s submission for biosimilar rituximab.

AbbVie will grant Momenta license to launch a biosimilar to AbbVie’s Humira.

The company received FDA approval for Hyrimoz (adalimumab-adaz), its biosimilar referencing AbbVie’s blockbuster Humira (adalimumab).

Application of multiple techniques at different conditions presents a more complete picture of a dynamic situation.

Mylan announced the launch of its biosimilar to AbbVie’s Humira across major European markets.

The companies announced the European launch of Imraldi (adalimumab), a biosimilar referencing AbbVie’s blockbuster Humira (adalimumab).

To achieve a more dynamic marketplace, FDA is issuingguidance documents and targeted advisories to support R&D on complex generics and combination products.

Amgen’s biosimilar to AbbVie’s Humira (adalimumab) is the first inflammation biosimilar from Amgen's portfolio to launch in Europe.

Providing analytical data on the comparison between a biosimilar and the reference product is a primary consideration in the development of biosimilars.

Novartis’ Sandoz has reached a global patent resolution for Hyrimoz (adalimumab), its biosimilar to AbbVie’s Humira (adalimumab).

Specialist biopharmaceutical company, Alvotech, has announced receipt of a manufacturing license from the Icelandic Medicines Agency, applying to its biopharmaceutical facility based in Reykjavik, Iceland.

While food, shelter, and clothing are the primal essentials for life, hope-as embodied by modern medicine-has now become part of that human expectation.

The company’s biosimiliar to Amgen’s Neulasta (pegfilgrastim) received a positive opinion for marketing authorization from the European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP).

The collaboration will focus on developing manufacturing solutions for biosimilars.

FDA, innovator companies, and biosimilar developers maneuver over exclusivity, naming, interchangeability, and more.

Protagen Protein Services, a CRO, now offers quicker and more accurate characterization of biomolecular stability using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).

Drug product approval from FDA follows previous approvals from European and Japanese authorities.

The European Commission (EC) approved Pfizer’s Trazimera (trastuzumab), a biosimilar to Roche’s Herceptin, to treat certain breast and gastric cancers.

Frustrated by slow market adoption, Gottlieb maps out new plan for biosimilar competition.

The recommended drugs include two orphan medicines and three biosimilars.

In launching FDA’s Biosimilar Action Plan, Gottlieb takes innovator companies to task for delaying competitive biosimilar products.

AbbVie will grant Mylan license to launch a biosimilar to AbbVie’s Humira.

CPhI Korea to feature zone for finished dosage formulation drug products.

Biogen will pay Samsung BioLogics approximately $700 million to increase its stake in Samsung Bioepis to approximately 49.9%.