History is to be made in June with the launch of the first biosimilar anti-VEGF product for ophthalmic conditions in the US: Samsung Bioepis’ Byooviz (ranibizumab-nuna) referencing Genentech’s Lucentis (ranibizumab) blockbuster. (Also see "FDA Approves First Ophthalmic Biosimilar With Samsung Bioepis’ Lucentis Rival" - Generics Bulletin, 20 September, 2021.)
Approved by the FDA in September last year, Byooviz had been expected to begin shipping in the US by the end of 2021, ahead of a European launch in early 2022 as supplementary