Momenta Is Exiting Biosimilars; Is That A Bellwether For Biosimilar Sentiment?

CEO Craig Wheeler talked to Scrip about the challenging biosimilar market dynamics and the company's decision to end most biosimilar drug development. The path to value creation in biosimilars is not clear, he said.

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Momenta Pharmaceuticals Inc. is exiting the biosimilar drug development space to redirect resources to novel pipeline drugs for immune-mediated diseases, in a move that could add fuel to growing concerns about a lackluster biosimilar market.

The decision, announced Oct. 1, comes after a lengthy strategic review process that started in January as the company sought and failed to find a buyer for its biosimilar business. Ultimately, the company determined it would terminate development of all but two late-stage programs, a biosimilar version of AbbVie Inc.'s mega-blockbuster Humira (adalimumab) and a biosimilar of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s Eylea (aflibercept) in development in collaboration with Mylan NV

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