On February 15, Alvotech announced that it reached more settlement agreements with Johnson & Johnson for ATV04, Alvotech’s biosimilar to STELARA (ustekinumab). The settlements cover Canada, the European Economic Area, and Japan, clearing the way for Alvotech to launch AVT04 in those markets, where AVT04 has already received regulatory approval. …
On January 10, Alvotech announced that the European Commission (EC) issued a marketing authorization to its European commercialization partner, STADA, for UZPRUVO (AVT04), a biosimilar referencing STELARA (ustekinumab). The authorization covers all European Economic Area countries, as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway. UZPRUVO is the first ustekinumab biosimilar to…
Approval of Fresenius Kabi’s Tocilizumab Biosimilar in the EU: On September 19, 2023, Fresenius Kabi announced that the European Commission (EC) granted marketing authorization for TYENNE (tocilizumab), a biosimilar referencing Roche’s ROACTEMRA. TYENNE is the first tocilizumab biosimilar approved in the EU. TYENNE received approval for both subcutaneous (prefilled syringe…
Yesterday, Fuji Pharma and Alvotech announced their agreement to extend the companies’ exclusive partnership for the commercialization of four biosimilar medicines in Japan. We previously posted on that partnership when it was first announced in 2018, and later in 2019 when the companies reported that the partnership extended to Alvotech’s…
Earlier this month, Alvotech announced that it entered into an agreement with Fuji Pharma, giving Fuji Pharma the exclusive right to commercialize its biosimilar of Stelara® (ustekinumab) in Japan. The press release states that, in exchange for developing and providing Fuji Pharma with a commercial supply of its ustekinumab biosimilar, Alvotech will…