Pfizer's Infliximab Biosimilar Approved In US But Won't Launch Against Inflectra

Ixifi (infliximab-qbtx), which references Janssen's Remicade, marks first US approval of a biosimilar developed entirely by Pfizer; big pharma says it is not currently planning to launch Ixifi because it remains "committed" to marketing Celltrion's Inflectra.

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Pfizer's Ixifi is the first US approval of a biosimilar wholly developed by the big pharma.

Pfizer Inc.'s Ixifi, a biosimilar version of Janssen Biotech Inc.'s tumor necrosis factor inhibitor Remicade (infliximab), received FDA approval Dec. 13, but the big pharma, which already markets an infliximab biosimilar, is not planning to compete against itself for now.

Ixifi (infliximab-qbtx) is approved for all of the eligible indications on the Remicade label: adult and pediatric Crohn's disease, ulcerative...

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