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Sandoz receives approval by European Commission for Hyrimoz® (adalimumab) high-concentration formulation

The Pharma Data

Biosimilars help patients to gain broader access to effective and high-quality treatments that improve their disease therapies,” said Rebecca Guntern, Head of Region Europe, Sandoz. It has a leading global portfolio with eight marketed biosimilars and a further 15+ in various stages of development.

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FDA Accepts for Review Pfizer’s Supplemental Application for ABRILADA™ (adalimumab-afzb) Interchangeability

The Pharma Data

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review the Prior Approval Supplement (PAS) to the Biologics License Application (BLA) for ABRILADA™ (adalimumab-afzb) as an interchangeable biosimilar to Humira® (adalimumab). The Biosimilar User Fee Act (BsUFA) goal date for an FDA decision is in Q4 2022. “An

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FDA Action Alert: MacroGenics and Amgen

The Pharma Data

About 15 to 20% of breast cancers cases are HER2+, and antibody-based therapies targeting HER2 have significantly improved outcomes of patients with HER2+ breast cancer. Amgen’s ABP 798, a Biosimilar to Genentech’s Rituxan. That collaboration was to develop and commercialize four oncology antibody biosimilar therapies.

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New MS PATHS Data at ECTRIMS 2021 Confirm Biogen’s Disease-Modifying Therapies Do Not Reduce Antibody Response to COVID-19 Vaccines in People with Multiple Sclerosis

The Pharma Data

The results, which demonstrate that patients treated with Biogen’s portfolio of MS therapies mount an effective antibody response to COVID-19 vaccination, are being presented at the 37th Congress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS) virtual meeting, October 13-15, 2021.

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Pioneering access to complex generic products 

Drug Discovery World

This will continue to be the case going forward, but the nature of the off-patent landscape will evolve in line with ongoing changes in the segment’s ‘pipeline’: the originator products of today, which will become the generic and biosimilar medicines of tomorrow.

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The European Commission Grants Marketing Authorization for VUMERITY® (diroximel fumarate) as Oral Treatment for Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis

The Pharma Data

The EC’s blessing of VUMERITY is grounded on data from pharmacokinetic bridging studies comparing VUMERITY and TECFIDERA to establish bioequivalent exposure of monomethyl fumarate, the active metabolite, and reckoned in part on the well- established long- term efficacity and safety profile of TECFIDERA. Encyclopedically, an estimated2.8

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Drug-Fc conjugates exhibit robust anti-tumour activity

Drug Discovery World

It demonstrated superior activity to a pembrolizumab biosimilar antibody and a matched CD73 DFC at one third the dose of the respective monotherapies. The in vitro potency, multiple mechanisms of action and favourable pharmacokinetics profile of CBO421 translated to antitumor efficacy in monotherapy and in combination with PD-1 therapy.