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Five Biologic Blockbusters Opened Up To EU Biosimilar Competition In 2017

 
• By Ian Schofield

A total of 16 biosimilar products were approved in 2017, including the first competitors to five biologic blockbusters. Coincidentally, 16 other biosimilars are also under evaluation by the European Medicines Agency’s main scientific committee, the CHMP, including six versions of Amgen’s Neulasta (pegfilgrastim) and five more biosimilars of AbbVie’s Humira.

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Biosimilar approvals rose sharply in the EU in 2017

2017 saw five key biologic drugs from three companies exposed to potential biosimilar competition, as the European Commission issued marketing authorizations to 16 new biosimilar products, four times as many as in 2016.

The five reference drugs are Roche’s Herceptin (trastuzumab) and MabThera (rituximab), AbbVie Inc.’s Humira (adalimumab), and Lilly’s Humalog...

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