Novartis and Roche's big-selling eye drug Lucentis has its first biosimilar competitor in Europe, after the European Commission approved Samsung Bioepis' copycat drug Byooviz.
Novartis/Genentech’s eye drug Lucentis could be the next big blockbuster to face competition from cheaper biosimilars after its US patent expired this year – and Samsung Bioepis and Biogen
The FDA has approved a new biosimilar of Roche’s breast cancer drug Herceptin, from Samsung Bioepis and Merck & Co, ahead of the original drug’s US patent expiry in June.
Samsung Bioepis has become the latest biosimilars company to confirm it has launched a cheaper near-copy of AbbVie’s Humira inflammatory diseases blockbuster, after its European patent expi
Merck & Co has signed a deal with the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for its inflammatory diseases biosimilar, Renflexis, so that veterans’ care can be improved.