Pfizer has announced that it will not launch its Amsparity (adalimumab) biosimilar in Europe, just weeks after the rival to Humira received a formal endorsement from the European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use, recommending granting a pan-European marketing authorization.
Pfizer Will Not Launch EU Adalimumab
Despite Expected Imminent Approval For Amsparity Biosimilar To Humira
Pfizer has announced that it does not plan to market its Amsparity adalimumab biosimilar in Europe despite it having been endorsed by the EMA in December and being in line for an imminent approval from the European Commission.

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