Biosimilar Antibody-Drug Conjugates? Pfizer Isn’t Banking On It

‘The Regulatory Path Has To Be Determined. It Doesn’t Exist Today’

Pfizer’s $43bn agreement to acquire Seagen would layer its portfolio and pipeline with vastly complex antibody-drug conjugates – a class of drug that execs feel might be almost immune to biosimilar competition. Generic firms’ history of frustration with ADCs suggests they may be right.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 05: CEO of Pfizer Inc. Albert Bourla, DVM, Ph.D. attends 2019 Forbes Healthcare Summit at the Jazz at Lincoln Center on December 05, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Steven Ferdman/Getty Images)
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