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Celltrion Views Brazilian Approval As Gateway Into Latin America

 
• By Aidan Fry

Celltrion and its local marketing partner Biomm are working to bring biosimilar trastuzumab to the Brazilian market after receiving approval from local medicines agency Anvisa. A rituximab authorization could soon follow.  

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Celltrion is looking to use its approval for biosimilar trastuzumab in Brazil as a base from whicht to expand in Central and South America • Source: Shutterstock

Celltrion plans to expand its presence in Central and South America after securing approval from Brazil’s Anvisa regulatory agency for its Herzuma (trastuzumab) biosimilar. The South Korean developer is working with its local commercial partner, Biomm, on launch plans for the rival to Roche’s Herceptin.

Herzuma 150mg and 440mg formulations are indicated for metastatic breast and gastric cancer, as

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