On April 3, 2023, Celltrion announced positive 24-week results from its global Phase III Clinical Trial of CT-P42 (aflibercept), a biosimilar referencing Regeneron’s EYLEA. The trial is a 52-week trial in 348 patients with diabetic macular edema (DME) across thirteen countries. The primary endpoint was the change in best corrected…
Big Molecule Watch monitors for biosimilar clinical trial results. Here we report on four recent announcements concerning biosimilars of natalizumab, trastuzumab, daratumumab, and aflibercept. On January 23, 2023, researchers published the results of a phase III clinical trial demonstrating that PB006, Polpharma Biologics SA’s biosimilar to Biogen’s approved treatment TYSABRI®…
The Big Molecule Watch is monitoring clinical trial activities involving adalimumab. Here we report on three recent studies with adalimumab biosimilars for treating psoriasis, inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. In July 2022, clinical trial data was published from a real-life retrospective observational study of pediatric (<18 years)…
The Big Molecule Watch is monitoring clinical trial activities involving infliximab. Here we report on recent studies with Celltrion’s INFLECTRA (infliximab-dyyb). Earlier this year, clinical trial data was published from an observational real-world study of patients with inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohn’s disease (“CD”) and ulcerative colitis (“UC”) in the…
The Big Molecule Watch is monitoring Phase III clinical trials involving denosumab biosimilars. Here we report on the results of two recently completed studies. On June 30, 2022, a study was published showing that the efficacy of AryoGen Pharmed’s biosimilar denosumab candidate, ARYLIA, is noninferior to Amgen’s PROLIA for the…
Lannett Company Announces Initiation of Pivotal Clinical Trial for Biosimilar Insulin Glargine On March 29, 022, Lannett Company (NYSE: LCI) announced the initiation of its pivotal clinical trial of biosimilar insulin glargine, which is being co-developed with Lannett’s strategic alliance partners within the HEC Group of companies. Lannett reported that…
On March 14, 2022, Prestige BioPharma Ltd., a Singapore-based biopharmaceutical company, announced positive safety and efficacy results in a Phase III study (“TROIKA”) for HD201, a biosimilar to HERCEPTIN (trastuzumab). The results of the TROIKA study were published in JAMA Oncology on March 3, 2022. In the double-blind trial, researchers…
Innovent Biologics, Inc. announced the results of the Phase III ORIENT-31 study evaluating sintilimab in combination with BYVASDA (bevacizumab biosimilar) for the treatment of non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer. According to the press release, patients receiving sintilimab plus BYVASDA combined with chemotherapy (pemetrexed and cisplatin) demonstrated an improvement in progression-free…
Last week, results of Tanvex’s phase III study on its trastuzumab biosimilar candidate (TX05) were published in connection with the European Society for Medical Oncology’s (ESMO’s) Congress 2021. The study compared the efficacy and safety of TX05 to Herceptin in patients with HER2+ early breast cancer. The poster provides the…
This week, three development programs announced updates to their ranibizumab biosimilars. Ranibizumab is the active ingredient in Genentech’s LUCENTIS, which is indicated for retinal vascular disorders, including neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration (AMD). On June 25, 2021, Samsung Bioepis Co., Ltd. (“Samsung Bioepis”) and Biogen Inc. (“Biogen”) announced that the…