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Teva, Sandoz, Mylan, Pfizer…Who Sees Value In The US Biosimilars Market?

 
• By Dean Rudge

While 2018 was a record year for US biosimilar approvals and launches, companies are still struggling for market share in certain therapies and facing obstacles in getting their products over the line. Generics Bulletin rounds up where the leading players stand, ahead of financial results being published in the coming days and weeks.

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Biosimilar players are trying to kick down doors in the multi-billion dollar US biologics space • Source: Shutterstock

“This feels like the inflection point for the industry. The investment has been made, but the return – at least in the US market – is delayed. Over the next two years, the US biosimilar industry will either get better, on more affordable/predictable US requirements and gradual adoption; or morph into a European Union- (EU-) focused business, without material US presence.”

This was the view of Bernstein analyst Ronny Gal, made in a note last July per our sister publication Scrip, summing up the concerns and frustrations of many biosimilars

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