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  • European Medicines Agency approves first two pegfilgrastim biosimilars and another adalimumab biosimilar
  • Pfizer launches NivestymTM, a filgrastim biosimilar, in the United States
  • Only five of twelve approved biosimilars have launched in the United States

As pharmaceutical drug costs attract increasing media attention and political scrutiny, a growing number of biosimilar drugs are set…

  • FDA approves first Neulasta® (pegfilgrastim) and Procrit® (epoetin alfa) biosimilars and second Neupogen® (filgrastim biosimilar)
  • European Medicines Agency approves third and fourth trastuzumab, fourth infliximab, and fifth, sixth and seventh adalimumab biosimilars
  • Only four of twelve approved biosimilars have launched in the United States

As pharmaceutical drug costs attract increasing media attention and political scrutiny,…

  • European Medicines Agency approves second trastuzumab and third insulin glargine biosimilars
  • FDA has not approved any biosimilar drug in 2018
  • Only three of nine approved biosimilars have launched in the United States

As pharmaceutical drug costs attract increasing media attention and political scrutiny, a growing number of biosimilar drugs are set to enter the U.S.…

  • U.S. Food & Drug Administration and European Medicines Agency approve first trastuzumab biosimilars
  • U.S. Food & Drug Administration approves a second infliximab biosimilar

As pharmaceutical drug costs attract increasing media attention and political scrutiny, a growing number of biosimilar drugs are set to enter the U.S. and European markets in the coming years.  Global sales…

On January 3, 2018, Momenta and Mylan announced their development plan for a proposed biosimilar to Regeneron’s Eylea® whose active ingredient is aflibercept, a recombinant fusion protein. Eylea® was first approved as an intravitreal injection indicted for the treatment of patients with neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration. Eylea® is now also indicated for macular edema…

  • European Medicines Agency newly approves two adalimumab biosimilars
  • U.S. Food & Drug Administration approves first bevacizumab biosimilar

As pharmaceutical drug costs attract increasing media attention and political scrutiny, a growing number of biosimilar drugs are set to enter the U.S. and European markets in the coming years.  Global sales for the top nine branded biologic…

  • European Medicines Agency newly approves five rituximab biosimilars and an etanercept biosimilar, while recommending approval of adalimumab biosimilar
  • U.S. Food & Drug Administration approves second adalimumab biosimilar

As pharmaceutical drug costs attract increasing media attention and political scrutiny, a growing number of biosimilar drugs are set to enter the U.S. and European markets in the…

Biologic drugs are quickly reshaping the pharmaceutical landscape as they dominate the drug market in annual sales revenue.  Abbvie’s Humira® (adalimumab) rocketed to the best-selling drug in the world with sales generating over $16 billion USD in 2016. The top biologic drugs are all driving revenues well beyond the $1 billion sales revenue demarcation that…

The Biosimilar User Fee Act (“BsUFA”) was originally enacted in 2012, and the current legislative authority is set to expire at the end of September 2017.  Under BsUFA, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) is authorized to collect fees directly from biosimilar drug product applicants, and the fees are dedicated to expediting the approval…