On August 29, 2023, Formycon AG and its licensing partner, Klinge Biopharma GmbH, announced that the FDA has accepted the aBLA for FYB203, Formycon’s candidate biosimilar to Regeneron’s EYLEA® (aflibercept). As we previously reported, when Formycon submitted its aBLA in June 2023, it became the second biosimilar developer to announce…
HHS has announced the ten drugs that will be included in the first year of the Inflation Reduction Act’s new Drug Price Negotiation Program. They are: Eliquis (apixaban, Bristol Myers Squibb) Jardiance (empagliflozin, Boehringer Ingelheim) Xarelto (rivaroxaban, Janssen Pharms) Januvia (sitagliptin phosphate, Merck Sharp Dohme) Farxiga (dapagliflozin, AstraZeneca AB) Entresto (sacubitril;…
On August 18, 2023, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Regeneron”) announced that the FDA approved EYLEA HD®, an 8 mg injection of EYLEA® (aflibercept). EYLEA HD®, jointly developed with Bayer A.G., is approved for the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration (wAMD), diabetic macular edema (DME) and diabetic retinopathy (DR). EYLEA® was…
In August 2023, the Food and Drug Administration issued two draft guidance, both related to the development of biosimilar products, entitled “Formal Meetings between the FDA and Sponsors or Applicants of BsUFA Products” and “Classification Categories for Certain Supplements under BsUFA III”, respectively. The “Formal Meetings between the FDA and…
On July 14, Dong-A ST announced that the European Medicines Agency accepted its Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) for DMB-3115, a biosimilar referencing STELARA (ustekinumab). STELARA is approved for the treatment of plaque psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, Crohn’s disease, and ulcerative colitis. The MAA submission was based on the results of a…
On July 12, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. (Dr. Reddy’s) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accepted for review its Biologics License Application (BLA) for DRL_RI, a biosimilar referencing RITUXAN (rituximab). RITUXAN is currently FDA-approved for the treatment of adult patients with rheumatoid arthritis, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, chronic lymphocytic…
In the last week, seven adalimumab biosimilars referencing HUMIRA entered the U.S. market: Boehringer Ingelheim’s CYLTEZO (adalimumab-adbm); Sandoz’s HYRIMOZ (adalimumab-adaz); Organon and Samsung Bioepis’s HADLIMA (adalimumab-bwwd); Coherus Biosciences’s YUSIMRY (adalimumab-aqvh); Celltrion’s YUFLYMA (adalimumab-aaty); Fresenius Kabi’s IDACIO (adalimumab-aacf); and Biocon’s HULIO (adalimumab-fkjb). With Amgen’s AMJEVITA (adalimumab-atto), launched in January 2023, there…
Last week, Regeneron published a press release stating that the FDA had issued a Complete Response Letter (“CRL”) for its aflibercept 8 mg BLA for the treatment of patients with wet age-related macular degeneration, diabetic macular edema, and diabetic retinopathy, “due to an ongoing review of inspection findings at a…
Beginning tomorrow, July 1, 2023, CYLTEZO® (adalimumab-adbm) will become the first HUMIRA® (adalimumab) biosimilar with interchangeable status to be commercially available in the United States. Boehringer Ingelheim has also announced that with CYLTEZO’s commercial launch, pharmacy-benefit manager Optum Rx (a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group), which currently covers more than 66…
On June 29 and 30, 2023, respectively, Formycon AG (“Formycon”) and Celltrion Inc. (“Celltrion”) announced submission to the FDA of aBLAs for their aflibercept biosimilar candidates. Formycon and Celltrion are the second and third biosimilar developers to announce submissions of aflibercept aBLAs, following Viatris Inc.’s submission in October 2021. As…