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Viatris Reveals Generic Rybelsus Candidate As Part Of Continued Complex Push

Eight Complex Programs Are At Various Stages Of Development

 
• By Dean Rudge

Recently-formed Viatris is looking to build on the success of several high-margin complex generics launches, including versions of Advair and Copaxone, by developing further candidates, including rivals to Novo Nordisk’s Rybelsus (semaglutide) and Victoza (liraglutide).

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Viatris has numerous complex candidates pending approval, in development and as future targets. • Source: Shutterstock

Viatris Inc. has revealed as part of its complex generics pipeline a version of Novo Nordisk’s Rybelsus (semaglutide), introduced last year by the originator as the world’s first once-daily GLP-1 oral formulation for type 2 diabetes. However, the firm is keeping a lid on further complex pipeline projects that lack currently a “very definitive development timeline.”

Recent endeavors in the space have led Viatris to be a market leader “in value, volume and in total prescriptions”...

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