Will the FDA add suffixes to approved biologics' names?

20 October 2017 - Back in January, the US FDA finalised guidance on how biosimilars and their biologic reference products' ...

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US FDA issues complete response letter for proposed biosimilar pegfilgrastim

10 October 2017 - The U.S. FDA has issued a complete response letter for Mylan´s biologics license application for MYL-1401H, ...

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AbbVie announces global resolution of Humira (adalimumab) patent disputes with Amgen

28 September 2017 - Agreements provide non-exclusive license to Amgen for Humira related intellectual property in the U.S. effective 31 January ...

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FDA clears biotech drug copycats, but buying them isn’t so easy

18 September 2017 - Basically, there’s a gazillion patents,’ says consultant. ...

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Biosimilar cancer drug threat closing in for Roche

19 September 2017 - The long-heralded threat of cut-price competition to its top-selling biological cancer medicines is finally becoming a ...

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FDA approves first biosimilar for the treatment of cancer

14 September 2017 - Mvasi, a biosimilar to the cancer drug Avastin, is approved for certain colorectal, lung, brain, kidney and ...

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FDA accepts Adello’s biosimilar biologics license application for a proposed filgrastim biosimilar

11 September 2017 - U.S.-based Adello Biologics today announced that U.S. FDA has accepted for review the company’s biologics license ...

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Sandoz proposed biosimilar rituximab accepted for review by the FDA

12 September 2017 - Sandoz believes the comprehensive data package submitted to the FDA for review confirms that our biosimilar rituximab ...

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Sanofi receives tentative FDA approval of Admelog (insulin lispro) 100 units/mL

1 September 2017 - Sanofi announced today that the U.S. FDA granted tentative approval for Admelog (insulin lispro injection) 100 ...

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USFDA target action date for trastuzumab reset to 3 December 2017

30 August 2017 - The US FDA has notified our partner Mylan that they will extend the target action date for ...

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Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals receives FDA approval for Cyltezo (adalimumab-adbm), a biosimilar to Humira, for the treatment of multiple chronic inflammatory diseases

29 August 2017 - Cyltezo is the first biosimilar from Boehringer Ingelheim to be approved by the FDA, building on 35 ...

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What’s harder than making copycat biotech drugs? Selling them

15 August 2017 - Payer pacts, wary patients vex the market for biosimilar drugs. ...

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Celltrion and Teva announce U.S. FDA acceptance of biologics license application for proposed biosimilar to Herceptin (trastuzumab)

31 July 2017 - Celltrion and Teva Pharmaceuticals today announced that the U.S. FDA has accepted for review the biologics license ...

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Amgen and Allergan submit biosimilar biologics license application for ABP 980 to US Food And Drug Administration

31 July 2017 - Filing for ABP 980, a biosimilar candidate to Herceptin (trastuzumab), supported by phase 3 data in ...

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Merck announces U.S. launch of Renflexis (infliximab-abda), a biosimilar of remicade, for all eligible indications

24 July 2017 - Merck today announced the U.S. launch of Renflexis (infliximab-abda), a biosimilar of the originator biologic medicine ...

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