On April 14, 2025, Celltrion, Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted an interchangeable designation to YUFLYMA (adalimumab-aaty), its biosimilar referencing HUMIRA (adalimumab). ...more
On March 9, 2025, Celltrion announced that the FDA has approved OMLYCLO® (omalizumab-igec), the first and only biosimilar of XOLAIR® (omalizumab)....more
On February 28, 2025, the FDA approved Celltrion’s Stoboclo® / Osenvelt® (denosumab-bmwo) as the third company to receive FDA approval of biosimilars of Amgen’s Prolia® / Xgeva® (denosumab). ...more
On March 7, 2025, the FDA approved Celltrion’s Omlyclo® (omalizumab-igec), the first interchangeable biosimilar of Genentech’s Xolair® (omalizumab). Omlyclo® was approved for all of Xolair®’s approved indications, including...more
On February 18, 2025, Alvotech and Teva announced the FDA acceptance of an aBLA for AVT06 (aflibercept), a proposed biosimilar of Regeneron’s EYLEA® (aflibercept). This aBLA joins Celltrion’s CT-P42 (aflibercept) awaiting...more
On March 5, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia’s entry of a preliminary injunction preventing Celltrion, Inc. (“Celltrion”) from...more
On March 3, 2025, the FDA approved Celltrion’s denosumab biosimilars, STOBOCLO® (denosumab-bmwo; 60 mg/mL injection) and OSENVELT® (denosumab-bmwo; 70 mg/mL injection), referencing Amgen’s PROLIA® and XGEVA®, respectively....more
On December 17, 2024, the FDA approved Celltrion’s Steqeyma™ (CT-P43) (ustekinumab-stba) as the seventh biosimilar of Janssen / Johnson & Johnson’s Stelara® (ustekinumab). Celltrion previously reached a settlement agreement...more
On March 10, 2024, Celltrion announced in a press release that it submitted an abbreviated Biologics License Application (aBLA) for FDA approval of CT-P39 (omalizumab), a proposed interchangeable biosimilar of Genentech’s /...more
Last week, Celltrion USA announced it had submitted a BLA for CT-P39, a biosimilar to XOLAIR (omalizumab). Phase 3 studies demonstrated that in patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria, CT-P39 and reference product...more
On October 23, 2023, Celltrion announced FDA approval for ZYMFENTRA (infliximab-dyyb), a subcutaneous formulation for maintenance therapy for patients with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease....more
FDA grants interchangeable designation to Pfizer’s adaliumumab biosimilar – On October 5, 2023, Pfizer Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has designated ABRILADA (adalimumab-afzb) as an...more
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...more
Today Celltrion announced that the FDA approved its biosimilar product, YUFLYMA (adalimumab-aaty), a high-concentration (100mg/mL) and citrate-free formulation of HUMIRA. YUFLYMA is approved for the treatment of rheumatoid...more
On December 22, 2022, Celltrion USA announced that it submitted a Biologics License Application (BLA) for a subcutaneous formulation of infliximab, CT-P13, to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). According to...more
Celltrion announced this week that the FDA has approved VEGZELMA (bevacizumab-adcd), a biosimilar to AVASTIN, for treatment of six types of cancer: metastatic colorectal cancer; recurrent or metastatic non-squamous...more
Teva announced today that the European Commission has granted marketing authorization for RANIVISIO, a biosimilar ranibizumab, for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Teva entered into a strategic...more
As we start the new year, we look back at the top U.S. biosimilar market developments of 2019. Here are some of our highlights, in no particular order...more
Today, the FDA approved Celltrion’s Herzuma (trastuzumab-pkrb), a biosimilar that references Genentech’s Herceptin (trastuzumab), for the treatment of patients with HER2-overexpressing breast cancer, in accordance with the...more
On Wednesday, Celltrion announced its completion of its Phase 3 clinical trial for Remsima SC, a subcutaneous version of its biosimilar Remsima® (infliximab). According to Celltrion, “[t]he subcutaneous formulation allows...more
On December 16, Celltrion announced that it has received a positive opinion from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for Herzuma, its trastuzumab biosimilar. The...more
Yesterday, two groups announced the submission of applications seeking FDA approval of biosimilars of Herceptin® (trastuzumab), which is indicated for the treatment of HER2-positive early breast cancer, adjuvant breast...more
Celltrion and Teva announced today that the FDA has accepted for standard review their BLA for CT-P10 and that regulatory action is expected in the first quarter of 2018. CT-P10 is a proposed biosimilar to Rituxan®...more
The Korea Herald reports that Celltrion is on track to file applications for U.S. FDA approval for its rituximab and trastuzumab biosimilars by June. According to the article (and as previously reported), once approved, the...more
Here are our picks for the top-five most significant U.S. market developments in the world of biosimilars in 2016: The FDA approved three biosimilar products in 2016, compared to only one in 2015 — Sandoz’s Zarxio®, a...more