GLOBAL BIOSIMILAR UPDATES Celltrion Bolsters Biosimilars Market Position in Italy Celltrion’s ustekinumab biosimilar, STEQEYMA®, has won its first bid within 2 months of its launch in January of 2025. Since launch, STEQEYMA® has secured contracts in four regions of Italy, including, Piemonte, Valle d’Aosta, Liguria, and Sardegna. Combined, these contracts…
This Monday, Bio-Thera Solutions and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories SA announced that they had entered into commercialization and licensing agreements for proposed ustekinumab and golimumab biosimilars in Southeast Asia. Bio-Thera will develop, manufacture, and supply BAT2206 (the proposed ustekinumab biosimilar referencing Janssen’s STELARA) and BAT2506 (the proposed golimumab biosimilar referencing Janssen’s…
On March 19, 2025, Shanghai Henlius Biotech announced that the FDA has granted Orphan Drug Designation for HLX22, an anti-HER2 monoclonal antibody, for the treatment of gastric cancer. HLX22 binds to HER2 extracellular subdomain IV at a different binding site than trastuzumab, another anti-HER2 antibody. According to Henlius, “[i]n addition…
On March 26, 2025, the FDA approved Fresenius Kabi’s denosumab biosimilars, CONEXXENCE® (denosumab-bnht) and BOMYNTRA® (denosumab-bnht), referencing Amgen’s PROLIA® and XGEVA®, respectively. These approvals make Fresenius the fourth company to receive FDA approval for a pair of denosumab biosimilars, joining Celltrion, Samsung, and Sandoz. Denosumab is a RANK ligand (RANKL)…
Last week, we reported Celltrion’s U.S. launch of STEQEYMA® (ustekinumab-stba), a biosimilar of Janssen’s STELARA® (ustekinumab). According to Celltrion, STEQEYMA® is being sold at a wholesale acquisition cost (WAC) list price at an 85% discount to the current WAC list price of STELARA®. This week, Celltrion announced that STEQEYMA® will…
On March 18, 2025, Alvotech and Dr. Reddy’s announced that the FDA accepted their Biologics Licensing Application (BLA) for AVT03 (denosumab), referencing Amgen’s PROLIA® and XGEVA®. After FDA approval, Alvotech and Dr. Reddy’s expect AVT03 to be supplied in a single-dose prefilled syringe containing 60 mg in a 1 mL…
On March 12, 2025, Celltrion announced the commercial launch of STEQEYMA® (ustekinumab-stba), a biosimilar of Janssen’s STELARA® (ustekinumab), in the United States. As we previously reported, the biosimilar was approved by the FDA in December 2024 for subcutaneous injection or intravenous infusion in adult and pediatric patients for treatment of…
On March 9, 2025, Celltrion announced that the FDA has approved OMLYCLO® (omalizumab-igec), the first and only biosimilar of XOLAIR® (omalizumab). The FDA approved OMLYCLO® with an interchangeability designation based on positive phase III data demonstrating comparable efficacy and safety profile with XOLAIR® (omalizumab), which is co-promoted by Genentech and…
On March 14, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia’s denial of a preliminary injunction against Amgen Inc. (“Amgen”) in the ongoing aflibercept BPCIA litigation. On October 1, 2024, the district court denied Regeneron’s motion for…
On March 3, 2025, Amneal announced FDA acceptance of its Biologics License Application (BLA) for two proposed denosumab biosimilars referencing Amgen’s PROLIA® and XGEVA®. According to Amneal, the FDA has set a target action date in Q4 2025. Denosumab is a RANK ligand (RANKL) inhibitor that is used to treat…