Viatris Reveals Generic Rybelsus Candidate As Part Of Continued Complex Push

Eight Complex Programs Are At Various Stages Of Development

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).

 female hand arranging wood block stacking as step stair. Business concept growth success process
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”...

More from Generics

Cigna Claims BMS Tied Revlimid Settlements to Pomalyst ‘Pay-for-Delay’ Scheme

 
• By 

Among other schemes, Cigna alleges that Celgene and parent Bristol Myers Squibb “paid” generic challengers – via lucrative Revlimid profit-sharing agreements – to delay generic market entry for Pomalyst until 2026, unlawfully extending their monopoly and overcharging purchasers.

US Supreme Court Requests Solicitor General Input On Hikma Skinny Label Case

 
• By 

The US Supreme Court is seeking a brief “expressing the views of the United States,” following the US Federal Circuit’s decision to reopen Amarin’s claim of induced infringement against Hikma relating to its ‘skinny-label’ generic Vascepa (icosapent ethyl) product.

Viatris Targets Gilead’s Odefsey HIV Blockbuster In Europe With CHMP Recommendation

 
• By 

Viatris has secured two positive opinions from the European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use for generics to two blockbusters: Gilead’s HIV drug Odefsey and Boehringer’s IPF treatment Ofev, with a path to approvals possible in 67 days.

AAM Celebrates Court Backing Over Minnesota Pricing Law

 
• By 

The AAM has welcomed a US appeals court decision backing an injunction against a Minnesota state law on drug pricing, following an earlier favorable district court ruling.

More from Products

Biocon Agreement Provides Multiple Oncology Biosimilars To Malaysian Cancer NGO

 
• By 

Biocon Biologics will look to combine its “scientific expertise with the National Cancer Society of Malaysia’s strong community outreach and patient support network,” after signing striking up a partnership with the NGO providing for supply of three biosimilars.

Cigna Claims BMS Tied Revlimid Settlements to Pomalyst ‘Pay-for-Delay’ Scheme

 
• By 

Among other schemes, Cigna alleges that Celgene and parent Bristol Myers Squibb “paid” generic challengers – via lucrative Revlimid profit-sharing agreements – to delay generic market entry for Pomalyst until 2026, unlawfully extending their monopoly and overcharging purchasers.

US Supreme Court Requests Solicitor General Input On Hikma Skinny Label Case

 
• By 

The US Supreme Court is seeking a brief “expressing the views of the United States,” following the US Federal Circuit’s decision to reopen Amarin’s claim of induced infringement against Hikma relating to its ‘skinny-label’ generic Vascepa (icosapent ethyl) product.