Fresenius Files Tocilizumab Biosimilar With EMA

Follows Earlier Announcement Of Kabi’s US FDA Filing For Actemra/RoActemra Rival

Fresenius Kabi has followed a US filing for its MSB11456 proposed tocilizumab biosimilar with a parallel marketing authorization application in the EU for its rival to RoActemra.

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Fresenius has now submitted tocilizumab in both the US and EU • Source: Shutterstock

Hot on the heels of a US Food and Drug Administration filing for its MSB11456 tocilizumab biosimilar candidate, Fresenius Kabi has announced that the European Medicines Agency has also accepted a filing for its proposed version of RoActemra.

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