Pfizer Lines Up Trio Of US Biosimilar Launches

Bevacizumab, Rituximab And Trastuzumab Slated For US Entry

By mid-February next year, Pfizer plans to have introduced in the US bevacizumab, rituximab and trastuzumab biosimilars to Avastin, Rituxan and Herceptin.

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Pfizer expects within the next few months to bring three biosimilars to the US market • Source: Shutterstock

Pfizer plans to follow up its US introduction of its Zirabev (bevacizumab-bvzr) biosimilar at the end of this year by launching its Ruxience (rituximab-pvvr) biosimilar to Roche’s Rituxan in January 2020, followed on 15 February next year by rolling out its Trazimera (trastuzumab-qyyp) treatment for various cancers.

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