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Kashiv BioSciences Reports Positive Topline Results for XOLAIR® Biosimilar Candidate ADL-018

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On June 25, 2025, Kashiv BioSciences announced positive topline results from its confirmatory Phase 3 trial of ADL-018, a proposed biosimilar to XOLAIR® (omalizumab), in patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria.  ...more

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A Look Ahead in Life Sciences: What We Are Tracking in Q1 2024 and Beyond

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As the life sciences, medtech, and diagnostic industries continue to expand and grow increasingly complex, so does the legal, regulatory, and compliance landscape. To help companies and investors navigate the many evolving...more

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European Biosimilar Regulatory Updates

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STADA and Xbrane Announce Approval of Ranibizumab Biosimilar in UK - On January 16, 2023, STADA Arzneimittel AG (STADA) and Xbrane Biopharyma AB (Xbrane) announced that the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare product Regulatory...more

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An Interview with Rachel Goode, Ph.D, about Biological Patent Thickets

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Kevin DeJong (Senior Editor) and Shweta Kumar (Editor) from the Big Molecule Watch recently interviewed Rachel Goode, Ph.D. to discuss an article she recently co-authored, “Biological patent thickets and delayed access to...more

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Senator Mike Lee Introduces the Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act to Eliminate Switching Study Requirement for Biosimilar...

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On November 17, 2022, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the “Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act” to increase biosimilar competition and reduce patient costs by prohibiting the FDA from requiring switching studies to approve...more

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The UK’s MHRA Updates its Guidance on Licensing of Biosimilars

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On November 7, 2022, the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (“MHRA”) updated its “Guidance on the licensing of biosimilar products” by expanding the criteria for achieving interchangeability between a...more

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Teva Receives Approval for First Ophthalmology Biosimilar in Europe

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Earlier this week, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Teva) announced that the UK Medicines & Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA) approved ONGAVIA, a ranibizumab biosimilar referencing Genentech’s LUCENTIS.  Ranibizumab...more

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Accord Healthcare has Launched Zercepac® (Trastuzumab) Biosimilar in the UK

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Following approval by the European Commission in July, last week Accord Healthcare announced the launch of Zercepac® a biosimilar to Herceptin® in the United Kingdom....more

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Celltrion to Launch REMSIMA SC (infliximab) in Europe in March, 2020

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Multiple sources are reporting that Celltrion is planning to roll out REMSIMA SC, its subcutaneous infliximab biosimilar of Johnson & Johnson’s autoimmune disease treatment REMICADE, in Europe in the first quarter of 2020,...more

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Poland: official position of the competent authority on consequences for medical devices in the event of a no-deal brexit

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On 1 March 2019, the President of the Polish Office for Registration of Medicinal Products, Medical Devices and Biocidal Products issued yet another communique concerning consequences of Brexit, this time with respect to the...more

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Effects of Brexit on medicinal products in Poland

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The President of the Office for the Registration of Medicinal Products, Medical Devices, and Biocidal Products (URPL) estimates that approximately 20% of all the 10,000 medicinal products registered in Poland will be affected...more

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Amgen and Sandoz Launch Biosimilars in Europe

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Amgen has announced that its adalimumab biosimilar AMGEVITA launched yesterday in European markets. This is Amgen’s first “inflammation” biosimilar to launch in Europe, and its second biosimilar to launch in Europe overall. ...more

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NHS Announces Unexpected Increase in Savings from Switching to Biosimilars

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The United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) recently announced that in its last fiscal year, it had saved $419 million in switching to biosimilar and generic versions of ten expensive drugs. These savings exceeded the...more

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UK Parliamentary Committee Publishes Life Sciences Brexit Negotiation Recommendations

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The UK House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee has published the findings of its six-month long investigation into the impact of Brexit on medicines, medical devices and substances of human origin. ...more

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Merck Launches Ontruzant®, First Trastuzumab Biosimilar in Europe

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Last week it was reported (here and here) that Merck launched Samsung Bioepis’ Ontruzant® in the United Kingdom, the first biosimilar trastuzumab launched in Europe. Ontruzant® is a biosimilar of Roche’s Herceptin® and is...more

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UK Government Announces Life Sciences Sector Deal

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The UK government has published a White Paper setting out its new Industrial Strategy and, as part of that strategy, has agreed a Sector Deal with the UK life sciences sector. ...more

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The commission assessment – a decision-making aid for EMA's relocation?

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Last week, a staff retention survey was published, according to which certain contestants in the race for hosting the EMA were less liked by the EMA staff. And now the decision-making progress is going forward....more

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Provisional Decision in UK Drug Pricing Investigation of Merck Sharp & Dohme

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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in the United Kingdom announced a provisional decision finding that Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) violated competition law with its discount pricing on Remicade. This provisional...more

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Samsung Bioepis Biosimilars Update

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According to Business Wire, on September 12, 2016, Samsung Bioepis announced that it has added Canada to its growing list of jurisdictions in which it has received regulatory approval for its biosimilar of Amgen’s Enbrel®...more

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Brexit’s Impact on the Biosimilar Market

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The United Kingdom’s referendum in favor of withdrawal from the European Union, colloquially known as “Brexit,” has already sent shockwaves through the business world, both within the UK, and abroad. The impact of Brexit on...more

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