Tagged as: Roche

Prestige Biopharma Partners with Cipla Ltd. for Trastuzumab Biosimilar

On December 14, 2018, Prestige Biopharma (“Prestige”) announced a partnership with Cipla Ltd. (“Cipla”) for Prestige’s HD201, a proposed trastuzumab biosimilar of Roche’s Herceptin®.  Prestige’s HD201 is in Phase-3 clinical development for the treatment of patients with HER2-overexpressing breast cancer. According to the press release, under the agreement, Cipla will…

Read More

Update on biosimilar launches and development

gloved hand withdraws drug solution with syringe

Sources are reporting that Korean pharmaceutical company Daewoong Pharmaceutical announced today that it has launched Samfenet, a biosimilar to Roche’s HERCEPTIN® (trastuzumab), in Korea.  Samfenet is priced at a 29.5-percent discount to Herceptin, which amassed around $6.5 billion in global revenue last year. Mylan announced last week that it has…

Read More

12