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Roche's Phesgo Could Reduce Healthcare Costs In EU

Other EU Year-End Approvals In Peanut Allergies, HIV/AIDS

 
• By John Davis

Roche’s Phesgo may lower healthcare costs in Europe for treating breast cancer following its approval by European Commission. Other just-approved products nearing the EU market are ViiV’s Vocabria, to be used with Janssen’s Rekambys/Edurant, as a long-acting injectable HIV therapy, and Aimmune’s peanut allergy therapy, Palforzia.  

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The availability of a new subcutaneous fixed-dose combination of two anticancer monoclonal antibodies, Roche Holding AG’s Phesgo (trastuzumab plus pertuzumab), just approved by the European Commission and approved in mid-2020 by the US FDA, may soften the impact of biosimilar competition on the big pharma’s anticancer portfolio. 

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