We previously reported that South Korean biopharmaceutical company Alteogen submitted its Marketing Authorization Application to the European Medicines Agency (“EMA”) for ALT-L9, what has since been named EYLUXVI. EYLUXVI is a proposed biosimilar to Regeneron’s EYLEA (aflibercept). Alteogen had previously announced clinical results demonstrating similarity between EYLUXVI and EYLEA. On…
On September 13, 2024, Alteogen announced that it has applied for marketing authorization in Korea for ALT-L9, an aflibercept biosimilar of EYLEA®. According to Alteogen, a 12-country Phase 3 study showed that ALT-L9 met its primary endpoint and demonstrated therapeutic equivalence to EYLEA®. On July 1, 2024, Alteogen’s subsidiary, Altos…
According to PWC, “2023 was a reasonably strong year for the pharmaceutical and life sciences sector with both deal value and volume of M&A close to pre-pandemic levels.” Below is a recap of the top M&A deals in 2023 that focus on biologics and biosimilars and were covered on the…
Alteogen Inc. announced that it entered an exclusive license agreement with Sandoz AG pursuant to which Sandoz will have world-wide rights to use Alteogen’s ALT-B4 hyaluronidase, derived using Hybrozyme™ Technology, to develop and commercialize a subcutaneous version of a Sandoz biosimilar product. Sandoz also has an option to license the Hybrozyme™…
Alteogen recently announced that it has successfully completed a Phase 1 clinical trial for its Eylea® biosimilar, ALT-L9. Alteogen conducted the clinical trials in South Korea, where its headquarters are located. In the clinical trials, ALT-L9 and Eylea® were randomly assigned to 28 patients with neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration (wet…