Coherus Makes U-Turn On Eylea Biosimilar With Klinge BioPharma Deal

Cash-And-Stock Deal Brings In Exclusive Comm. Rights From Formycon Partner

Buoyed by the recent launch and leverage of its biosimilar ranibizumab biosimilar, Coherus BioSciences has brokered a deal with Klinge BioPharma/Formycon for the commercialization rights to the firms’ Eylea (aflibercept) biosimilar candidate

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Two years ago, Coherus BioSciences shelved development of its wholly-owned CHS-2020 biosimilar Eylea (aflibercept) candidate, several times expressing confidence that with its Cimerli (ranibizumab-eqrn) biosimilar, the company had the “ability to not only penetrate a high degree of Lucentis (ranibizumab) [patients], but also those edges of [off-label] Avastin (bevacizumab) and Eylea (aflibercept).”

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