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Celltrion Makes Tocilizumab Progress With Positive Data At EULAR 2023

Other Players Ahead In The Race Tipped To Launch Late 2023/Early 2024

 
• By Dean Rudge

At the European Society of Rheumatology conference currently taking place in Milan, Italy, Celltrion unveiled progress for its proposed biosimilar to Roche’s Actemra/RoActemra (tocilizumab).

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Proposed biosimilars to Roche’s Actemra/RoActemra (tocilizumab) are pending already approval with major global regulators, and Celltrion has announced progress in its bid to join the prospective pack in launching a biosimilar to the anti-interleukin-6 receptor monoclonal antibody indicated for several inflammatory indications.

At the European Society of Rheumatology conference currently taking place in Milan, Italy, the Korean firm unveiled positive Phase I...

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