Coherus Insists Demand Is ‘Pent Up’ For On-Body Pegfilgrastim Biosimilar

As Company Plots ‘Very Careful Review Over Time’ For Udenyca PFS

California-Based Coherus BioSciences delved further into its plans and expectations for its proposed proprietary pegfilgrastim on-body device, as it also detailed continued pricing challenges for the pre-filled syringe formulation.

 Amgen logo sign hanging on the office building in Rotkreuz, Switzerland
"Taking share from Onpro will be a source of growth" • Source: Alamy

Coherus BioSciences says it has “become very clear to us” since its major announcement last month that “there’s really significant pent-up demand in the market for an on-body system in the hands of a biosimilar company such as Udenyca (pegfilgrastim-cbqv),” as it confirmed plans for a 2022 submission of a prior approval supplement to the Udenyca pre-filled syringe formulation.

The California-based biotech has taken a step closer on its journey to challenging the supremacy of Amgen’s Onpro on-body injector device for Neulasta (pegfilgrastim) by announcing recently

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