Tagged as: biosimilar

Biosimilar and Biologic Business Developments Update – Collaborations and Licensing Deals

Last week, Almirall signed an agreement with WuXi Biologics to collaborate on multiple bispecific antibodies targeting dermatology conditions, including atopic dermatitis. Almirall’s press release indicated that, “[u]nder the terms of the agreement, Almirall has access to WuXi Biologics’ proprietary antibody platforms including WuXiBody™ to discover multiple novel bispecific antibodies.” This…

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Accord BioPharma substituted for Apotex as party in filgrastim/pegfilgrastim biosimilar litigation

As we previously reported, the parties in the follow-on Amgen v. Apotex BPCIA litigation concerning Apotex’s proposed biosimilars of NEUPOGEN (filgrastim) and NEULASTA (pegfilgrastim) informed the district court on August 8 that they were drafting a stipulation and unopposed motion that would substitute Apotex as a party with a then-unnamed…

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Coherus Settles with AbbVie, and Sues Amgen, Over Adalimumab Biosimilars (Updated)

Coherus announced today that it has executed settlement agreements with AbbVie that grant Coherus global, non-exclusive, royalty-bearing license rights under AbbVie’s intellectual property to commercialize CHS-1420, Coherus’ proposed adalimumab biosimilar.  According to the press release, the “global settlements resolve all pending disputes between the parties related to Coherus’ adalimumab biosimilar,” with Coherus’s…

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Pfizer Receives European Approval For Avastin® (Bevacizumab) Biosimilar

Pfizer announced today that the European Commission has approved its Avastin® (bevacizumab) biosimilar ZIRABEV™ for the treatment of metastatic carcinoma of the colon or rectum, metastatic breast cancer, unresectable advanced, metastatic or recurrent non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), advanced and/or metastatic renal cell cancer and persistent, recurrent or metastatic carcinoma…

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European Commission Releases Pharmaceutical Anti-Competition Report

The European Commission has released a report summarizing the European Commission and the national competition authorities’ work to enforce European Union antitrust and merger rules in the pharmaceutical space.  The report notes that, by monitoring the pharmaceutical market to ensure that price competition for pharmaceuticals is not artificially reduced or eliminated, and…

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Alvotech Raises US$300 Million To Boost Biosimilar Pipeline

Alvotech announced today that its current product pipeline of “six biosimilar monoclonal antibodies aimed at treating cancer, autoimmune, inflammatory and other diseases” will receive an injection of capital from funds raised through a private bond offering. Having raised US$300 million, Alvotech plan to use the net proceeds “to fuel continued…

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AbbVie Grants Momenta Global Patent Licenses for Biosimilar of HUMIRA (Adalimumab)

Today, AbbVie and Momenta announced that they have entered into an agreement under which AbbVie has granted Momenta a global, royalty-bearing non-exclusive license to AbbVie’s intellectual property relating to Humira® (adalimumab).  According to the press releases, the deal authorizes Momenta to launch its adalimumab biosimilar, M923, in the United States…

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