AbbVie Inc.’s branded Humira (adalimumab) holds a 98% share of the US adalimumab market by volume nine months after the first biosimilar version of the drug became available, according to a quarterly biosimilars report from the biosmilar manufacturer Samsung Bioepis Co., Ltd..
Humira Horsepower: AbbVie’s Brand Retains 98% US Market Share
Amgen’s Amjevita, the first biosimilar of Humira to launch in the US, hasn’t made headway into the US market, according to Samsung Bioepis’ quarterly market report on the US biosimilars market.

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