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All Set For EU Approval: First Biosimilar Humalog And Three More Rituximabs From Celltrion

 
• By Ian Schofield and Maureen Kenny

The European Medicines Agency has given the thumbs-up to Insulin lispro Sanofi, the first biosimilar version of Lilly’s diabetes drug Humalog. It has also green-lighted three more biosimilar rituximab products from Celltrion, which already has EU approval for one version of the originator product, Roche’s MabThera.

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The EU's CHMP has OKd the first biosimilar version of Lilly's antidiabetic Humalog

Four biosimilars – including the first biosimilar competition to Lilly’s diabetes drug Humalog – are among the products the European Medicines Agency’s main scientific committee, the CHMP, has just recommended for EU-wide approval. The products are Sanofi’s insulin lispro, a biosimilar of Lilly’s Humalog, and three more versions of Roche’s MabThera (rituximab) from Celltrion, which received EU approval for the first biosimilar rituximab, Truxima, in February.

Insulin lispro Sanofi (SAR342434) was recommended for use in adults and children with type 1 or 2 diabetes, including those whose condition has just been diagnosed. “This positive opinion is...

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