Sandoz Suggests Coherus’ Cimerli Strategy Was ‘Unsustainable’

Expands On Plans To Withdraw And Reintroduce US Lucentis Biosimilar

In the wake of Formycon’s recent announcement that US marketing partner Sandoz would be pausing commercialization of the Cimerli rival to Lucentis that it recently took over from Coherus, Sandoz management has offered a few more details on its plans for the ranibizumab biosimilar.

Sandoz plans to exit and re-enter the market (Shutterstock)

Sandoz management has set out more details of how it intends to reposition in the US market the Cimerli (ranibizumab-eqrn) biosimilar to Lucentis that it licenses from Formycon.

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