Interchangeable Biosimilar Approved Without Switching Data; Cimerli To Compete With Lucentis

Citing low risk of a clinically impactful immunogenic response from systemic anti-drug antibodies and intraocular inflammation when alternating between Coherus’ Cimerli and Genentech’s reference product ranibizumab, US FDA says a switching study would not be informative.

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Coherus avoided having to conduct a study in which patients switched back and forth between Cimerli and the reference product Lucentis. • Source: Shutterstock

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