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Boehringer Bails On Biosimilars Outside US

 
• By Kevin Grogan

In a strategic shift confirmed by the German company, BI's Humira biosimilar Cyltezo will only be launched in the US while its version of Avastin has been abandoned altogether.

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US is land of opportunity for BI biosimilar • Source: Shutterstock

Boehringer Ingelheim GMBH has decided that its biosimilars business is going to focus on the US market and is pulling the plug on plans to develop them in the rest of the world.

The German group gave a clue that it sees its biosimilars future across the Atlantic by telling Scrip's sister publication...

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