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Sanofi and Regeneron announced that the FDA has accepted their sBLA for Dupixent® (dupilumab) to treat chronic spontaneous urticaria.  The FDA’s decision is expected on 22 October 2023.  The sBLA relied on data from two phase III trials (LIBERTY-CUPID Studies A and B). 

An Extrapolate Research report estimates that the biologics and biosimilars market is likely to upsurge by US$271.5 billion globally by 2028.  The report claims that monoclonal antibodies dominate the market.  

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Significant biosimilar activities this week include:

28 February 2023 | IN | Enzene Biosciences begins supply of Humira® (adalimumab) biosimilar in India  

Biospectrum India reported that Enzene Biosciences has launched its adalimumab (biosimilar to AbbVie’s H...

Coherus announced that the FDA has approved its single-dose, prefilled autoinjector presentation of Udenyca® (pegfilgrastim-cbqv) biosimilar to Amgen’s pegfilgrastim (Neulasta®) as an additional presentation on 3 March 2023.  This the only US approved PFS presentation of pe...

Janssen Biotech, Inc. has filed another motion for a preliminary injunction against Amgen regarding its ustekinemab biosimilar, after its original motion was denied by US District Court Judge Noreika on 2 March 2023.  Janssen is seeking to enjoin Amgen, Inc. from manufactur...

MiGenTra, a German healthcare transforming company, announced the commencement of the German phase I trial of Minapharm Pharmaceuticals’ African developed adalimumab biosimilar (Adessia®) on 24 February 2023.  Results are expected at the end of 2023.

MiGenTra was fou...

A study published in BioDrugs found that there was no difference between rituximab biosimilars (Truxima® (Teva Pharmaceuticals), Rixathon® (Sandoz) and Ruxience® (Pfizer)) and the originator product (Roche’s MabThera®) for hypersensitivity reactions (at initiation, switch o...

Biogen and Eisai Co announced that the FDA has accepted their sBLA and has granted priority review for traditional approval of LEQEMBI™ (lecanemab) for treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.  It was approved under the Accelerated Approval Pathway on 6 January 2023 (approval base...

Janssen announced its positive long-term safety and clinical data for Stelara® (ustekinumab) in Chron’s disease and ulcerative colitis (five and four years respectively) at the ECCO Congress.  The findings indicate that key safety events were similar between a placebo and S...