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Samsung Bioepis Launches Trastuzumab In Brazil

Ontruzant Rival To Herceptin Follows Brenzys Etanercept Biosimilar Launch Last Year

 
• By Dave Wallace

Samsung Bioepis has launched its Ontruzant rival to Herceptin in Brazil, claiming the first biosimilar trastuzumab to be supplied to the country’s public health system for early and metastatic HER2-overexpressing breast cancer.

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The Brazilian launch follows the introduction of Brenzys in 2019 • Source: Shutterstock

Samsung Bioepis has launched its Ontruzant (trastuzumab) biosimilar in Brazil. The product has become the first biosimilar rival to Herceptin to be supplied to Brazil’s public health system, Sistema Único de Saúde, for early and metastatic HER2-overexpressing breast cancer, according to the joint venture between Biogen and Samsung Biologics.

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