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Roche Fears 'Real' Biosimilar Competition Says Russia's Biocad

 
• By Anju Ghangurde

Russia's Biocad has lashed out against Roche after being at the receiving end of what it claims are the Swiss multinational's 'scare tactics' against biosimilar competition in Sri Lanka. Biocad says it intends to pursue damages in the Sri Lankan case while Roche, which is standing its ground, has moved the Supreme Court in the island nation.

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A Court of Appeals of Sri Lanka had recently dismissed Roche's claims questioning the marketing authorization of Biocad's trastuzumab and bevacizumab in the country. In March, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. filed a suit against a local distributor of Biocad in Sri Lanka, seeking a ban on the distribution of the products. Roche is said to have claimed, among other things, that Biocad's products lacked proper clinical trials.

In response, Biocad has decried Roche's actions stating that the Swiss firm's claims were "a

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