After months of deliberation, and no formal offers from a buyer, Novartis has decided that its generics business Sandoz will be spun out into an independent company.
In the newest episode of the pharmaphorum podcast, editor-in-chief Jonah Comstock welcomes Rebecca Guntern, vice president of medicines for Europe at Sandoz.
Regulators in the US and Europe have started to review Novartis' biosimilar version of Biogen's big-selling multiple sclerosis therapy Tysabri, which could reach the market next year.
Novartis said this morning that it remains on course to make a decision on the future of its generics business Sandoz by the end of the year, amid signs of a "return towards normal business
Polpharma Biologics has become the first company to file for approval in the EU of a biosimilar version of Biogen's blockbuster multiple sclerosis therapy
Novartis' generics unit Sandoz has moved on to the next stage of a collaboration with Ares Genetics, which is focusing on the use of artificial intelligence to track