Merck & Co has launched Ontruzant, the trastuzumab biosimilar developed and manufactured by Samsung Bioepis, in the US following a staggered approval process and earlier intellectual-property hurdles. The list price discount offered by the firm puts it in the middle of the pack among the four other biosimilar players currently on the market.
The market for trastuzumab in the US is becoming increasingly crowded with Merck & Co. today launching Samsung Bioepis’ Ontruzant (trastuzumab-dttb) in two strengths, representing the fifth biosimilar to Genentech’s Herceptin available in the country, at a discount competitive with those offered by several other biosimilar players.
Merck’s approval and launch of the biosimilar, which marks Samsung Bioepis’ first oncology biosimilar in the US, spans all eligible...
The UK government has said it will invest almost £30m ($40.4m) in AI technologies to modernize the NHS and reduce wait times – but for the medtech sector, the devil will be in the details.
The UK government has said it will invest almost £30m ($40.4m) in AI technologies to modernize the NHS and reduce wait times – but for the medtech sector, the devil will be in the details.
An abbreviated licensure pathway for biologics was created by the 2009 Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act. Biologics demonstrated to be biosimilar to or interchangeable with FDA-approved products can use the 351(k) biologics license application pathway. Biosimilars BLAs submitted under the 351(k) pathway have a 12 month user fee goal for FDA action. Updated weekly.
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