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Coherus Gears Up For January Udenyca Launch, Prices Biosimilar At 33% Discount To Neulasta

 
• By Mandy Jackson

Buoyed by the market share held by biosimilars of the short-acting neutropenia drug Neupogen, Coherus hopes its Udenyca price, contracts and services will give its biosimilar a significant share of the market for the longer-acting Neulasta.

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Looking ahead to the launch of its Neulasta (pegfilgrastim) biosimilar, Coherus BioSciences Inc. executives are encouraged by the US market for Amgen Inc.'s short-acting neutropenia drug Neupogen (filgrastim), where sales are split equally between the brand and the two biosimilars on the market – better penetration than most biosimilars in the US.

Coherus is preparing for a Jan. 3 launch of Udenyca (pegfilgrastim-cbqv), its biosimilar of Amgen's long-acting neutropenia drug Neulasta, and...

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