Last year was a year of significant executive changes in the off-patent industry, with numerous high-profile hires and departures from companies like Sandoz, Teva, Viatris, Hikma, Fresenius, Neuraxpharm and Stada.
Over the course of 2021 the off-patent industry saw several high-level executive changes, with many familiar faces transitioning to new roles.
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Alvotech has named two new key executives, while Biosimilars Canada has elected its 2025 leaders and the AAM has welcomed the new FDA commissioner in the US.
With Celltrion having just received approval for its US Actemra (tocilizumab) biosimilar and having just launched its ustekinumab rival to Stelara – and with the introduction of the Korean developer’s denosumab rivals to Prolia and Xgeva just around the corner – 2025 is set to be a busy year, Celltrion USA chief commercial officer Thomas Nusbickel tells Generics Bulletin.
Fresenius Kabi is drawing closer to the conclusion of its Vision 2026 strategic roadmap. The company’s CEO, Pierluigi Antonelli, talks to Generics Bulletin about the company’s results so far and how it’s investments in biosimilars, acquisitions and manufacturing is paying off.
IGBA secretary general Susana Almeida takes Generics Bulletin through an almost two-decade journey of developing global regulatory convergence and the next goals for the off-patent industry.
Sandoz has reached an agreement with AbbVie to dismiss without prejudice patent-infringement litigation involving more than 20 patents shielding the originator’s blockbuster JAK inhibitor Rinvoq.
Following past challenges on the US market, the Indian pharma player Wockhardt will be shuttering its presence in the country due to commercial reasons.
After Amgen’s surprise launch of the first US biosimilar to Eylea last year, expectations around competition are being further upended with the news that Biocon Biologics has struck a settlement deal with Regeneron allowing it to launch its own aflibercept rival in the second half of 2026. Will other challengers follow suit?
