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Coherus Looks To Put Udenyca Supply Issues In The Rearview Mirror

Pegfilgrastim Biosimilar Sales Double In Q3, Ahead Of CMO-Related Disruption

 
• By Dean Rudge

Coherus BioSciences will have to weather the storm of supply interruptions for its sole biosimilar product, Udenyca, in the final quarter of 2024.

Coherus BioSciences told investors during its 6 November third-quarter earnings call that the firm’s labelling and packaging contract manufacturing organization is resuming final packaging of its Udenyca (pegfilgrastim) biosimilar this week, following a recent supply interruption.

“The replenishment timeline and quantities set us up to resume generating sales in the late November to early December timeframe,” Coherus noted, indicating a sizeable

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