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Alphapharm (Viatris’ Australian subsidiary) has its etanercept biosimilar, Nepexto®, on the agenda for the November PBAC meeting.  If the PBAC recommends that Nepexto is PBS-listed, it will become the third PBS-listed etanercept product after Pfizer’s Enbrel® and Arrow’s Br...

Prestige Biopharma announced an exclusive partnership with Intas and its affiliate Accord Healthcare to commercialise Prestige’s biosimilar bevacizumab in US, Europe, Canada, MENA, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia,...

Henlius Biotech announced that the TGA has approved Henlius’ trastuzumab biosimilar, which will be marketed in Australia by Cipla.  The 150mg/vial product HANQUYOU has been sold as Zercepac™ in Europe and will be offered under trade names Tuzucip™ and Trastucip™ in Australi...

Sandoz announced that the FDA has accepted its ABLA for a natalizumab biosimilar developed by Polpharma Biologics for all indications covered by the reference medicine Tysabri® including relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS) – clinically isolated syndrome (CIS), relaps...

Sandoz announced that the FDA has accepted its sBLA for a high-concentration citrate-free formulation (100mg/mL) of Hyrimoz® (biosimilar adalimumab).  The 50mg/mL formulation of Hyrimoz® was approved by the FDA in 2018 for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile idi...

Alvotech announced that it has initiated a pharmacokinetic study for AVT03 (denosumab, biosimilar to Prolia®/Xgeva®).  The study will assess the pharmacokinetics, safety and tolerability of AVT03 compared to Prolia® in healthy adult male subjects.

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Novartis published its financial results, reporting a 1% decrease USD (5% increase cc) in Q2 2022 sales over Q2 2021, and 3% decrease USD (5% increase cc) for Sandoz sales.  Novartis confirmed that its strategic review of Sandoz is on track, and that it would provide an upd...

Korea Biomedical Review reported that Celltrion has received approval from Poland’s Pharmaceutical and Medical Equipment Registration Office (URPL) for its IND for Ph III trials of CT-P47 (biosimilar to Actemra®, tocilizumab).