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Alteogen Eyes First-Mover Advantage For Eylea Biosimilar

Cites Benefit Of Formulation Patent As Aflibercept Rival Completes Phase I Trial

 
• By Dave Wallace

Korea’s Alteogen believes that formulation patents granted in the EU, US and Japan as well as a pending process patent may offer it a first-mover advantage on biosimilar aflibercept. The firm has just completed a Phase I trial for its proposed rival to Eylea.

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Formulation patents granted in the EU, US and Japan, along with a pending process patent, may offer Alteogen a “first-mover advantage” with its biosimilar rival to Eylea (aflibercept), the Korean biotech specialist believes.

Announcing the completion of a Phase I clinical trial for its ALT-L9 proposed aflibercept biosimilar in patients with wet age-related macular degeneration that was conducted at four major hospitals in Korea, Alteogen said it had “strengthened competitiveness through [a] formulation patent

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• By Dean Rudge

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