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Samsung Bioepis Confident Eylea And Lucentis Biosimilars Can Coexist

Korea-Based Firm’s Phase III Aflibercept Data Expected This Year

 
• By Dean Rudge

In an exclusive interview, Samsung Bioepis’ head of clinical research, Il Sun Hong, tells Generics Bulletin how the company managed to put itself at the head of the pack in the chase for biosimilar Eylea (aflibercept); and how the biosimilar can coexist with biosimilars to Lucentis (ranibizumab), which may debut later this year.

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Biosimilars to Lucentis may launch this year, with Eylea biosimilars expected to follow in 2023. • Source: Shutterstock

Samsung Bioepis has expressed confidence that upcoming biosimilars to Lucentis (ranibizumab) do not weaken the ophthalmic opportunity for biosimilars to Eylea (aflibercept) further down the line, as the Korean firm celebrated completing patient recruitment for its Phase III clinical trial for the firm’s SB15 biosimilar aflibercept candidate.

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