Biosimilars

While Amneal cannot wait to jump into unexplored biologics space, it wants to channel its GLP-1 power into the Metsera partnership and service big pharma, and less so on its own generics.

At the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, Sandoz CEO Richard Saynor commented on the “offensively” low pricing for antibiotics in the US – “less than a packet of M&Ms” – while also revealing that the firm has struck a deal with a US PBM for its Samsung Bioepis-partnered Pyzchiva ustekinumab biosimilar to Stelara.

Adding to five new clinical trials launched in 2024, Xentria is doubling down on its ambitions in the biosimilars arena with up to six further studies in the coming year.

As Bob Bradway addressed the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, the Amgen chief executive discussed the firm’s biosimilars business – including an ocrelizumab rival to Ocrevus that has just been added to its pipeline. Meanwhile, the CEO also outlined his expectations for imminent biosimilar competition to Amgen’s Prolia and Xgeva denosumab brands.

Partners Fresenius and Formycon have racked up another pair of approvals for their Otulfi ustekinumab biosimilar rival to Stelara, this time in the UK and Canada.

At the 2025 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, Johnson & Johnson outlined a new competition blueprint for anti-inflammatory biosimilars, going beyond the next blockbuster Tremfya.

Biocon Biologics has announced a change in regulatory status for a manufacturing plant in Malaysia that could pave the way for a pair of long-awaited FDA biosimilar approvals, after similar positive news for an Indian site late last year.

At the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, Teva has provided a timeline for its much-talked-about long-acting injectable olanzapine candidate, after wrapping up a Phase III clinical trial with data that the firm believes will give it a major advantage over its competitors.