In recent weeks, several drug makers announced collaborations for the development, manufacture, and/or commercialization of a variety of biosimilars or follow-on biologics. Below are some highlights: On September 3, 2019, Polpharma Biologics and Sandoz announced that they have entered into a global commercialization agreement in connection with Polpharma’s proposed biosimilar…
As we previously reported, Biogen has exercised its option to purchase additional shares of Samsung Bioepis, increasing Biogen’s ownership in the Samsung Bioepis joint venture from approximately 5.4% to approximately 49.9%. Last week, Samsung BioLogics announced that the asset transfer deal closed, transferring 9,226,068 shares of Samsung Bioepis to Biogen…
As we previously reported, on April 24, 2018, Biogen announced that it had plans to exercise an option to acquire up to a 49.9% equity stake in Samsung Bioepis, its joint venture with Samsung BioLogics. Yesterday, Biogen announced that it has exercised its option to purchase additional shares of Samsung…