Tagged as: Adalimumab

Alvotech and JAMP Pharma Receive Marketing Authorization for SIMLANDI in Canada

On January 10, 2022, Alvotech Holdings S.A. (“Alvotech”) and JAMP Pharma Group (“JAMP Pharma”) announced that Health Canada granted marketing authorization to JAMP Pharma for a high-concentration biosimilar to Humira® (adalimumab) developed by Alvotech.  The biosimilar, also referred to as AVT02, will be marketed in Canada as SIMLANDI (100 mg/mL…

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CHMP Adopts Positive Opinion on Alvotech’s Adalimumab Biosimilar

European Medicines Agency

The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended approval of Alvotech‘s high-concentration AVT02 (100 mg/mL), a proposed biosimilar to Humira® (adalimumab).  Humira® is approved to treat certain inflammatory conditions.  Róbert Wessman, Founder and Chairman of Alvotech, announced, “We are delighted by the CHMP’s…

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Celltrion Shares Recent Biosimilar Development News

Celltrion Healthcare announced last week that it received positive results from the Phase III trial of its high-concentration, low-volume, citrate-free adalimumab biosimilar, CT-P17 or Yuflyma™, in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA).  According to the press release, “[r]esults demonstrated comparable efficacy in terms of ACR20/50/70 response rates, both in patients…

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Study Concludes Two Adalimumab Biosimilars may be as Safe and Effective as Originator

An article published last week in Scientific Reports describes the results of a multicenter prospective study evaluating the safety and efficacy of switching IBD patients from Abbvie’s Humira product to either of two adalimumab biosimilars, ABP501 (Amgen) and SB5 (Samsung Bioepsis).  The authors concluded from this study that both biosimilars…

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Global Biosimilar Update

The European Commission has approved mAbxience’s bevacizumab biosimilar, MB02, for marketing in Europe.  As we previously reported, MB02, which will be known as Alymsys and Oyavas, is intended for the treatment of colon or rectal carcinoma, breast cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, renal cell cancer, epithelial ovarian cancer, fallopian tube…

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Adalimumab Biosimilars Ready To Enter Australian, Korean, Japanese and European Markets

On March 29, Samsung Bioepis announced the launch of its adalimumab biosimilar HadlimaTM, referencing AbbVie’s HumiraTM, in Australia in partnership with Merck & Co.  HadlimaTM is approved for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, adult and paediatric Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, hidradenitis suppurativa and…

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Recent Adalimumab Biosimilar Updates

On February 15, 2021, Celltrion Healthcare announced that the European Commission granted marketing authorization for Yuflyma™ (CT-P17), an adalimumab biosimilar, on February 11, 2021.  Yuflyma™ was approved across all thirteen intended indications covered by the reference biologic, Humira®.  Yuflyma™ is a high concentration, low-volume and citrate-free adalimumab biosimilar, which, according…

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