US authorities looking into price fixing in the generics industry are now investigating 16 companies and the price of at least 300 drugs, according to a press report.
NICE has recommended in draft guidance that UCB’s Cimzia can receive regular NHS funding for plaque psoriasis, but decided that Almirall’s rival Ilumetri does not represent good value for m
Boehringer Ingelheim has said it has axed ex-US development of its biosimilars, focusing instead on getting its Humira near-copy on the US market as soon as possible.
NICE has given Bayer’s advanced liver cancer therapy Stivarga (regorafenib) the go-ahead after it undertook a rapid review following earlier guidance that rejected the drug.
A second cut-price biosimilar of Amgen’s Neulasta (pegfilgrastim) long-acting white blood cell booster is to hit the EU market after the European Commission approved Mundipharma’s Pelmeg.