The uptake in Europe of biosiomilar infliximab (versions of Janssen's blockbuster Remicade) for inflammatory diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis has been patchy to date. In some countries of northern Europe, notably Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands, the biosimilar has been embraced and is capturing the large part of the infliximab market. In other parts of Europe, such as the UK, biosimilar developers report frustration at the lack of movement from the branded product.
In the UK, executives at Napp Pharmaceuticals, one of the two distributors of biosimilar infliximab operating there (the other being Hospira), are up in arms that uptake has only...