Here are the top 5 biosimilar articles for the week of August 24, 2020.
Hi, I’m Skylar Jeremias for The Center for Biosimilars®, your resource for clinical, regulatory, business, and policy news in the rapidly changing world of biosimilars.
Here are the top 5 biosimilar articles for the week of August 24, 2020.
Number 5: The European Commission (EC) has given marketing approval for Samsung Bioepis’ bevacizumab biosimilar, making it the company’s fifth approval for the European market.
Number 4: Intract Pharma believes infliximab can be delivered orally and, in conjunction with Celltrion Group, aims to apply its technology and expertise to make it happen.
Number 3: In what a company spokesman described as a minor setback, Coherus BioSciences has seen its Udenyca pegfilgrastim biosimilar dropped from the 2021 national preferred formulary list for the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) Express Scripts.
Number 2: Celltrion Healthcare said it will begin testing its denosumab (Prolia) biosimilar in a phase 1 clinical trial in September.
Number 1: Much has been made of treatments for advanced coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection, but early-stage treatments such as monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) are showing promise, said Anthony S. Fauci, MD, in a recent town hall meeting.
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