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Mylan and Biocon Announce U.S. Launch of Insulin Glargine Biosimilar

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We previously reported FDA approval of Mylan and Biocon’s NDA for SEMGLEE (insulin glargine injection).  Today, Mylan and Biocon announced the launch of SEMGLEE for the U.S. market.  SEMGLEE is a biosimilar of LANTUS, Sanofi’s long-acting insulin glargine product.  SEMGLEE will be available in vials and pre-filled pens.  The lead…

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Lupin, Mylan Launch Etanercept Biosimilar in Germany

Yesterday, Lupin announced the German launch of its etanercept biosimilar, Nepexto, for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, as well as all other approved indications of the reference product Enbrel®. Lupin, in association with Mylan will release its etanercept product as an injectable in an easy-to-use pre-filled pen and a pre-filled…

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Coherus Neulasta biosimilar loses preferred status at Express Scripts

Last week it was announced that Coherus BioSciences’s pegfilgrastim biosimilar Udencya would be excluded from Express Scripts’s preferred formulary starting January 1, 2021. The pharmacy benefit manager’s preferred Neulasta biosimilars for next year are Mylan’s Fulphila and Sandoz’s Ziextenzo.

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EYLEA (Aflibercept) Biosimilar Development Updates (Part 2)

Regeneron’s EYLEA (aflibercept) was approved by the U.S. FDA on November 18, 2011 and is indicated for the treatment of patients with Neovascular (Wet) Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD), Macular Edema following Retinal Vein Occlusion (RVO), Diabetic Macular Edema (DME), and Diabetic Retinopathy (DR). As previously reported, Momenta in collaboration with Mylan began…

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Biologic and Biosimilar Approval Updates

The U.S. FDA recently approved Genentech’s Phesgo™ for the treatment of early and metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer, in combination with chemotherapy.  Phesgo™ is a fixed-dose combination of pertuzumab, trastuzumab, and hyaluronidase, administered via subcutaneous injection. Fujifilm Kyowa Kirin Biologics recently announced that it received approval in Japan for its adalimumab…

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Biosimilars Approvals: Nepexto Receives European Marketing Authorization, Ziextenzo and Riximyo Receive Health Canada Approval

Last week, Lupin and Mylan announced that the European Commission had granted marketing authorization for their biosimilar Nepexto (etanercept) for all indications of the reference product.  The marketing authorization follows a positive opinion from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use earlier this year based on preclinical and clinical…

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PTAB Issues Final Written Decisions Finding Most Claims of Sanofi’s Lantus Patents Invalid

As we previously reported, Mylan filed a number of IPR petitions challenging a total of seven of Sanofi-Aventis’s patents related to Lantus® (insulin glargine injection).  On May 29, 2020, the PTAB issued Final Written Decisions in eight of Mylan’s pending petitions concerning four patents finding most of the challenged claims…

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