More Cheer For Biocon-Mylan As Brazil Clears Biosimilar Trastuzumab

Biocon and Mylan have received approval in Brazil for the first biosimilar version of Roche’s Herceptin (trastuzumab). The partners hope to provide an “affordable” option, expanding access to the product in the Latin American nation.

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MYLAN-BIOCON HAVE RECEIVED APPROVAL FOR THEIR HERCEPTIN BIOSIMILAR IN BRAZIL

Biocon Ltd. and partner Mylan NV have ended 2017 with another regulatory win, after Brazil’s Anvisa approved their biosimilar Herceptin (trastuzumab).

The approval, which marks the arrival of the first biosimilar trastuzumab in the Latin American nation, came through Libbs Farmaceutica, the duo’s local partner in Brazil. Earlier this month the US FDA had approved the first biosimilar to Herceptin from Mylan and Biocon

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