A $10bn Target: Stelara Sales Break Barrier Ahead Of Biosimilar Launches

Ustekinumab Brand Grows By More Than A Tenth In Final Year Before Competition

With competition to Stelara due to kick in midway through 2024, the brand now represents a $10bn+ target for biosimilars, according to the latest figures from J&J.

Target growing from 2021 to 2023
Stelara represents a growing target for biosimilars • Source: Shutterstock

With the previous top-selling biologic, Humira (adalimumab), now facing widespread biosimilar competition, one of the next major brand targets on the horizon has notched up impressive sales in its final year before biosimilar competition starts to bite.

Stelara (ustekinumab) brought in $10.858bn for Johnson & Johnson in 2023, according to the latest figures reported by the originator, with this total up 11.7% over 2022’s $9.723bn. In the US, sales grew by 9% to $6

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