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Shilpa Medicare’s Plan For Eylea Biosimilar Spells Ambition, But Path Not Easy

Humira Biosimilar Trial Recruiting

 
• By Vibha Ravi

Shilpa Medicare’s plan for trials of an Eylea biosimilar shows the company’s ambition to leapfrog to a biosimilars-led growth strategy, one that Indian majors like Cipla and Lupin pivoted to post a successful generics program. However, the path isn’t going to be easy and Biocon/Viatris, Samsung Biologics are ahead

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Shilpa's Biosimilars Ambitions Could Face Obstacles • Source: Alamy

Shilpa Medicare Ltd, a fledgling compared to Cipla Limited, Lupin Limited and Zydus Lifesciences Limited, has started its biosimilars program much before in its life cycle than these companies, which embarked on biosimilars journeys after achieving a certain scale in their generics business.

The generics business in the world’s largest market – the US – continues to witness a sharp downturn in product...

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