On June 22, 2017, the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (“CHMP”) of the European Medicine’s Agency (“EMA”) recommended Samsung Bioepis’ Imraldi® (SB-5, adalimumab), a biosimilar to AbbVie’s Humira®, for approval.  The CHMP’s recommendation will be referred to the European Commission for final marketing authorization.

Adalimumab is a TNF (tumor necrosis factor) inhibitor…