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Discounts Will Be Key Factor In US Uptake Of Samsung's Renflexis

 
• By Jung Won Shin

Samsung Bioepis, which has received its first US biosimilar approval, is now set to compete with compatriot rival firm Celltrion in the US infliximab biosimilar sector, where discounting is being seen as a key factor in the uptake of these products.

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Samsung Bioepis headquarters in Incheon, South Korea

Samsung Bioepis Co. Ltd.'s Renflexis, a biosimilar referencing Johnson & Johnson's Remicade (infliximab), is set to compete with its South Korean rival Celltrion Inc.'s Inflectra in the US market as early as the fourth quarter of this year, and price is likely to become a key factor in the uptake of both tumor necrosis factor inhibitor biosimilars.

The just-granted US FDA approval of Renflexis (infliximab-abda, previously referred to as SB2) came 13 months after a filing with the US regulator, and the product will be marketed and...

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