Approval of Accord’s Trastuzumab Biosimilar: On September 18, 2024, Accord announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a 420 mg dosage of HERCESSI (trastuzumab-strf), a biosimilar to Genentech’s HERCEPTIN...more
On February 29, Biocon Biologics Ltd announced that it signed a settlement and license agreement with Janssen Biotech Inc. and Johnson & Johnson (“J&J”) regarding Bmab 1200, Biocon’s proposed biosimilar to STELARA....more
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...more
Biocon Biologics, a subsidiary of Biocon, announced today that it has signed an agreement with Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) to develop advanced cancer therapies for patients in 25 countries in Africa and 5...more
The FDA has deferred its decision on the biologics license application for MYL-1402O, Mylan and Biocon’s biosimilar to Avastin® (bevacizumab). In a December 25th, 2020 company statement, Biocon cited the FDA’s need for more...more
Last week, Biocon Ltd announced the approval of approximately a 150 million USD capital injunction from Goldman Sachs. Dr. Christian Hamacher, CEO, Biocon Biologics, said, “This capital injection by Goldman Sachs will enable...more
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...more
Mylan and Biocon’s NDA for Semglee (insulin glargine injection), was approved last week by the FDA, making it the third product approved by the FDA through the Mylan-Biocon Biologics collaboration. Semglee’s amino acid...more
Multiple biosimilar developers recently released statements regarding potential regulatory delays facing their biosimilars or follow-on biologics. ...more
Yesterday, Mylan N.V. and Biocon Ltd. announced the U.S. launch of OGIVRI (trastuzumab-dkst), a biosimilar to HERCEPTIN (trastuzumab). According to the press release, “OGIVRI™ is approved for all indications of...more
As we previously reported, on June 4, 2018, the U.S. FDA approved Mylan and Biocon’s Fulphila™ (pegfilgrastim-jmdb) as the first biosimilar of Neulasta® to obtain approval in the United States. Mylan stated at the time that...more