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Canada’s largest generics manufacturer Apotex will look to expand its channels to include health food stores, new professional channels including naturopathic doctors, and grocery retail channels, after acquiring Ontario-based natural health firm CanPrev for an undisclosed sum.
Teva will have to wait until the end of the next decade to launch its proposed generic version of Axsome Therapeutics’ Auvelity treatment for MDD.
Having recently acquired Coherus’ biosimilar pegfilgrastim franchise in the US and welcomed FDA approval for its partnered ustekinumab biosimilar, Accord Biopharma is again spending big to flesh out its US biosimilar pipeline.
India’s Gland Pharma had much to discuss during its financial third-quarter earnings call, including a recent CDMO partnership with China’s Shanghai Henlius Biotech that could lead to the establishment of further manufacturing space to meet demand.
Bio-Thera Solutions has taken the next step towards launching competition to Johnson & Johnon’s Simponi blockbuster, filing its Stada-partnered BAT2506 golimumab candidate with Europe’s regulatory body following successful Phase III comparison data.
Speaking during its financial Q3 earnings call, Sun Pharma’s management has again pooh-poohed any idea of jumping into biosimilars in the near future, while providing updates on its trio of stricken Indian manufacturing facilities.