Lack Of Interchangeability No Barrier For Amjevita, Says Amgen Executive

Company Expects Product To Receive Designation Some Time After January Launch

While Amgen’s Amjevita (adalimumab-atto) has yet to secure an interchangeability designation, company executives appear confident this will have little impact on their Humira biosimilar’s competitiveness overall.

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Amjevita is expected to be the first biosimilar adalimumab to launch in the US market • Source: Shutterstock

The fact that Amgen, Inc.’s Humira biosimilar Amjevita (adalimumab-atto) will launch without an interchangeability designation when it is released into the US market on 31 January 2023 “has not been a barrier” for the company as it builds up to commercial availability, executive vice president of global commercial operations Murdo Gordon has said on the firm’s Q2 results call.

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