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Coherus’ Lucentis Biosimilar Outstrips Biogen Rival One Month After Launch

$100m In Cimerli Revenues Anticipated In 2023, Q Code Submitted

 
• By Dean Rudge

One month after launching its Cimerli ranibizumab biosimilar to Lucentis, Coherus BioSciences’ management explained how it had stolen a march on the earlier introduced Byooviz product launched by Biogen/Samsung Bioepis.

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“Excellent access to prescribers,” bolstered by a complete label that has been “well-received by retinal specialists,” has allowed Coherus BioSciences’ Cimerli (ranibizumab-eqrn) to become the leading Lucentis (ranibizumab) biosimilar product in the US, ahead of Biogen’s Byooviz (ranibizumab-nuna) despite launching just one month ago.

“Our initial launch trajectory for Cimerli suggests that we are on pace to deliver at least $100m in revenue in 2023 from this product,” the California-based biotech’s management has

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