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Docwirenews reports a new post-approval safety surveillance study of Janssen’s golimumab Simponi® demonstrated that there is no association between exposure to golimumab and an increased risk of prespecified outcomes.

Samsung Bioepis launches Ontruzant® (biosimilar trastuzumab) in Brazil. Ontruzant® is indicated for the treatment of metastatic HER2-overexpressing breast cancer, early HER2-overexpressing breast cancer, and advanced gastric cancer.

Significant biosimilar activities this week include
31 Jul 20 | US | Vizient has advised its member health groups to utilise biosimilars to hedge against drug price inflation and the impacts of COVID-19.  Vizient predicts that drug prices in the US will increase by 3....

AVEO Oncology releases its Q2 FY2020 earnings report. AVEO reported data from its Ph I study of ficlatuzumab and cetuximab in patients with advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) demonstrated that the products have an acceptable safety profile and showed pro...

Healio reports a new article published in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases showed that ixekizumab demonstrated significantly greater joint and skin improvement than adalimumab among patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). The 52 week SPIRIT trial assessed 566 adults wi...

OncLive publishes an interview with Manfred Welslau, MD on the findings from the interim results of Sandoz’s REFLECT study of SDX-RTX (rituximab biosimilar). These results reconfirmed the safety and efficacy profile of the product, which has already been approved in t...

Celltrion releases its Q2 FY20 earnings report. Celltrion reported that Remsima SC® remains in Ph III clinical trials in the US.

Celltrion releases its Q2 FY20 earnings report.  Celltrion reported that it is “preparing” its US approval application for CT-P17 (biosimilar adalimumab candidate), following the filing of its application in the EU in March this year. 

Alvotech and Teva announce a strategic partnership to collaborate on five biosimilar product candidates in the US market. Under the agreement, Alvotech will be responsible for the development, registration and supply of the biosimilars, while Teva will be exclusively commer...

In its Q4 FY20 earnings call, Aurobindo Pharma announced that its wholly owned subsidiary CuraTeQ Biologics intends to file applications for two of its biosimilar products in EU at the end of 2020 or start of 2021, with target EU launches following one year later. Aurobindo...