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Alvotech’s Denosumab Biosimilar Takes Steps Forward With EMA Filing Acceptance

Regulatory Submissions For AVT03 In Other Major Global Markets Are Expected ‘Soon’

 
• By Urtė Fultinavičiūtė

Alvotech is the latest to join several other competitors who have already submitted their denosumab biosimilar marketing authorization applications to the EMA.

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First one in the bag. The European Medicines Agency has accepted Alvotech’s marketing authorization application for its AVT03, a denosumab rival to Amgen’s Prolia/Xgeva brands, for review.

“EMA acceptance marks an important step towards making AVT03 available to patients and caregivers in Europe,” said Alvotech’s chief scientific...

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