On August 2, 2022, Coherus BioSciences, Inc. announced that the FDA approved CIMERLI™ (ranibizumab-eqrn) as a biosimilar interchangeable with LUCENTIS® (ranibizumab injection) for all five indications, with 12 months of exclusivity. Retina indications for which CIMERL is interchangeable include Neovascular (wet) Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD), Macular Edema following Retinal Vein Occlusion…
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.
Coherus Biosciences announced today that it has entered into a $75 million senior secured credit facility agreement with Healthcare Royalty Partners. According to the press release, the funds will be used to “accelerate and enhance the manufacture and sale of UDENYCA (pegfilgrastim-cbqv).” The press release also confirms that UDENYCA launched…