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Generics Bulletin Editor’s Picks For Q2 2023

Highlights Across The Off-Patent Sector From April To June 2023

 
• By Dave Wallace

Looking back over the second quarter of 2023, Generics Bulletin executive editor Dave Wallace picks out highlights from April to June that include strategic updates from some of the off-patent industry’s biggest players, several exclusive interviews, and the build-up to the second wave of biosimilar competition to Humira in the US.

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The second quarter of 2023 brought a number of key developments • Source: Shutterstock

The second quarter of 2023 brought a number of key developments for the generics and biosimilars sector, with major strategy updates offered by multiple industry-leading off-patent players.

One of these was Teva, which has been under the leadership of new CEO Richard Francis since the start of...

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