Trailblazer Amgen Scoops First US Stelara Biosimilar – With Interchangeability

California-Based Biotech Can Launch Wezlana On Or Before 1 January 2025

With its portfolio of biosimilars continuing to grow, Amgen has received the first approval in the US for a biosimilar to Stelara – weeks after Alvotech/Teva was hit with a complete response letter.

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Amgen can now look forward with certainty to launching its biosimilar to Johnson & Johnson’s Stelara (ustekinumab) blockbuster treatment for autoimmune diseases no later than the 1 January 2025.

The US Food and Drug Administration has granted approval for the company’s Wezlana (ustekinumab-auub) as both a biosimilar to and...

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