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Coherus and AbbVie File Dueling Motions for Injunctive Relief Relating to Coherus’s HUMIRA Biosimilar

Our readers may recall that ten HUMIRA biosimilars have been licensed to launch, with Amgen’s AMJEVITA the only one to launch to date and nine others set to launch starting in July 2023.  On June 1, 2023, Coherus issued a press release announcing “that the company plans to launch YUSIMRY™…

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FDA Approves Celltrion’s YUFLYMA (adalimumab-aaty), a Biosimilar to HUMIRA

Today Celltrion announced that the FDA approved its biosimilar product, YUFLYMA (adalimumab-aaty), a high-concentration (100mg/mL) and citrate-free formulation of HUMIRA.  YUFLYMA is approved for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, plaque psoriasis, and hidradenitis suppurativa.  As we previously reported, Celltrion…

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Amgen Launches AMJEVITA—First Biosimilar to HUMIRA in the United States

Amgen announced today the launch of AMJEVITA (adalimumab-atto), a biosimilar to AbbVie’s HUMIRA (adalimumab), in the United States.  AMJEVITA was the first HUMIRA biosimilar approved by the FDA and is now the first to be launched in the United States. AMJEVITA is approved to treat seven inflammatory diseases, including moderate-to-severe rheumatoid arthritis in adults,…

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Alvotech Broadens Access to HUMIRA (adalimumab) Biosimilars

Alvotech announced yesterday the launch of HUKYNDRA, a high-concentration, low-volume, citrate-free biosimilar to HUMIRA (adalimumab), in Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Latvia, Romania, and Slovenia.  Through a strategic partnership with STADA, Alvotech supplies HUKYNDRA (adalimumab) autoinjectors and pre-filled syringes with drug product and drug substance manufactured in its vertically integrated…

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AbbVie’s Q322 Earnings Call Highlights Oncoming Adalimumab Biosimilar Competition

Last week, AbbVie held its third quarter 2022 earnings conference call, which included considerable discussion of forthcoming competition with biosimilars to HUMIRA (adalimumab) in 2023.  Some highlights below: According to Rick Gonzalez, AbbVie Chairman and CEO, “[t]he current market dynamics do not change our long-term guidance for aesthetics and we…

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Celltrion to Enter U.S. Humira Biosimilar Market Following Patent Agreement with AbbVie

Celltrion recently announced that it will start selling Yuflyma, an adalimumab biosimilar, in the U.S. in July 2023.  The announcement stems from Celltrion’s recently inked patent agreement with AbbVie which allows Celltrion to market a high-concentration formulation of the drug.  As a company official stated, “By entering the U.S. market…

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Alvotech and AbbVie Resolve Disputes Relating to Alvotech’s Adalimumab Biosimilar in Europe

Alvotech Holdings S.A. (“Alvotech”) announced today that it has resolved all intellectual property disputes with AbbVie in Europe related to Alvotech’s AVT02 (adalimumab) biosimilar candidate.  This announcement follows Alvotech’s announcement last month that the company had settled its pending disputes related to AVT02 with AbbVie in the U.S., and states…

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