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News and Trends 17 Nov 2016

What’s in the Cards for a Biosimilar after it Launches

As legal frameworks and regulatory pathways for biosimilars are in evolving all around the world, how will they affect the future of biosimilars? A biosimilar is a biological medicine that is similar to another already authorized for use, and they enter the market after the end of the patent of a biological drug. Biosimilars are […]

November 17, 2016 - 5 minutesmins - By External Contributor

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News and Trends 31 Oct 2016

UPDATE: FDA rejects Sanofi’s promising Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug

Sanofi and Regeneron (NY, US) have ruled their phase III clinical trial immunotherapy Sarilumab a huge success. Now awaiting US FDA and EMA approval, the results from the latest study were presented at the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) annual meeting in San Francisco. Should Sarilumab be approved, this immunotherapy will be used to treat […]

October 31, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 27 Oct 2016

Boehringer enters the Biosimilar War against Blockbuster Humira

Boehringer Ingelheim just announced positive Phase III results for its Humira biosimilar. The company is joining many others in the fights to take a bite of the huge market that will be open for access when patents expire later this year. AbbVie’s Humira (adalimumab) is the best selling biological, with a jaw-dropping €13B ($14B) in […]

October 27, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 26 Oct 2016

Biosimilars are all the rage, but how do they compare to Generics?

Biosimilars could be the future of the pharmaceutical industry, as the market could grow 10-fold in the next 5 years. But how do they differ from generic drugs? During the past decade, Europe saw the emergence of a new type of drug: biosimilars. The concept of a “similar biological medicinal product” was adopted in EU […]

October 26, 2016 - 5 minutesmins - By External Contributor

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News and Trends 30 Aug 2016

Top 10 Best-selling Biologicals of 2015

Biological drugs have revolutionised disease treatment and their developers have made a killing along the way. We take a look at the top selling biologicals of 2015 – and if they are on their way in or out. Since the beginning of modern biotechnology, with Genentech’s recombinant DNA breakthrough, biologicals have created alternative and more specific treatments for […]

August 30, 2016 - 6 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

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News and Trends 5 Jul 2016

Spanish Biotech gets New Milestone in Biosimilar Race with Amgen

The Spanish Cinfa Biotech’s race to compete with Amgen’s blockbuster for Chemotherapy-induced Neutropenia continues: the Neulasta biosimilar passes Phase I trials. Neulasta (pegfilgrastim) is a slightly longer acting version of Amgen’s other blockbuster Neupogen (the template for the first ever US approved biosimilar – from Novartis), the combined sales of which account for over 30% of Amgen’s income. […]

July 5, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

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News and Trends 5 Apr 2016

Samsung’s Rheumatoid Biosimilar could now make it to the EU Market

Samsung Bioepis (South Korea) has gotten an approval recommendation from the EMA for one of its 13 in-development biosimilars: Flixabi, a biosimilar of Janssen’s blockbuster Remicade for Inflammatory diseases. Samsung Bioepis is a joint venture between Biogen and Samsung BioLogics, a branch of the Korean giant that provides manufacturing services for development of biologicals. It started developing […]

April 5, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

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News and Trends 4 Mar 2016

The Best Selling Biologic of All Time now chased by New Phase III Biosimilar

Merck (Germany) has initiated a phase III trial for a biosimilar of AbbVie’s Humira, to treat Chronic plaque psoriasis. This is a big deal as Humira is the best selling biologics of all time (over €10Bn in annual revenues). Merck is developing a candidate (MSB11022) as a biosimilar of adalimumab, a human monoclonal antibody sold under the brand Humira – a key […]

March 4, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 26 Jan 2016

2011-2015: What a Fantastic 5 Years for European Biotech

The crisis of 2008 hit the Biotech sector hard, and it wasn’t clear how the Biotech industry would get back on track. But now, end of 2015, we can definitely say the Biotech industry did extremely well and probably better than most of the analysts would have predicted… So what were the major news stories […]

January 26, 2016 - 5 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

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News and Trends 18 Jan 2016

Where there be Patent-Free Markets: Swiss-Swedish Biosimilar for Blindess Reaches Iran

Helvetic BioPharma (Switzerland) estimates that 70,000 people suffer from age-related macular degeneration in Iran, the leading cause of blindness. This deal with Xbrane in Stockholm (Sweden) will debut a biosimilar therapy that could really tackle this problem. Xbrane itself is a Swedish biopharma with links to Italy (after an acquisition of the Italian Primm Pharma […]

January 18, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 20 Nov 2015

Cinfa Biotech’s Biosimilar is on the Starting Block!

Recently launched Cinfa Biotech just treated the first subjects in a clinical trial with its biosimilar of Neulasta®! Cinfa Biotech just announced that the first subjects have been dosed in a clinical trial of B12019, a biosimilar version of Amgen’s Neulasta® (pegfilgrastim) to treat chemotherapy-induced neutropenia. Though chemotherapy is highly effective against cancer, it is […]

November 20, 2015 - 4 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 10 Oct 2015

What Happened this Week? Nobel prize slips through CRISPR’s fingers, inside iGEM’s Jamboree and €120M boost for Alzheimer’s research

Monday: Manfred Horst on MSD, Biosimilars, KEYTRUDA and Merck & Co.’s rich history Tuesday: An Insider’s experience at the iGEM Giant Boston Jamboree 2015 Wednesday: Sorry CRISPR, you’ll have to wait another year to win a Nobel Prize! Thursday: The Future Biotech Lab Bench: My experience of the cutting edge-tech at LABVOLUTION Friday: Alzheimer’s Disease: Phase III breakthrough Tau-therapy earns […]

October 10, 2015 - 1 minutemin - By Philip Hemme

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