On April 10, 2025, Biocon announced the FDA approval of Jobevne™ (bevacizumab-nwgd) as the sixth biosimilar of Genentech’s Avastin® (bevacizumab)...more
On April 10, 2025, Biocon Biologics Ltd. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved JOBEVNE™ (bevacizumab-nwgd), a new bevacizumab biosimilar referencing Genentech’s AVASTIN®. JOBEVNE™ is a...more
Approval of Accord’s Trastuzumab Biosimilar: On September 18, 2024, Accord announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a 420 mg dosage of HERCESSI (trastuzumab-strf), a biosimilar to Genentech’s HERCEPTIN...more
On October 26, 2023, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, announced that the FDA approved VABYSMO (faricimab-svoa) for the treatment of macular edema following retinal vein occlusion (RVO). ...more
On January 28, 2022, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Genentech’s VABYSMO (faricimab-svoa) for the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration (wAMD) and diabetic macular edema (DME). According to the...more
On October 22, 2021, the FDA approved Genentech’s SUSVIMO (ranibizumab injection) for wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) based on positive results from an open-label Phase III study. According to the Genentech press...more
The Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 (BPCIA) was passed as part of health reform signed into law by President Obama in March 2010. This year, the BPCIA turns 10. While the U.S. Biosimilars Pathway has...more
As we start the new year, we look back at the top U.S. biosimilar market developments of 2019. Here are some of our highlights, in no particular order...more
On November 7, Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., and Celltrion, Inc., announced that TRUXIMA® (rituximab-abbs) will be available in the United States beginning November 11. As we previously reported, TRUXIMA® is the first...more
On February 28, 2019, the FDA approved Genentech’s Herceptin Hylecta (trastuzumab and hyaluronidase-oysk). According to a press release from Roche, Genentech’s parent company: “This new treatment includes the same monoclonal...more
Here are our picks for the top-five most significant U.S. market developments in the world of biosimilars in 2017...more
On March 28, 2017, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of Ocrevus (ocrelizumab) in treating multiple sclerosis (MS). Ocrevus is a new biologic and is the first drug approved by the FDA to treat...more
FDA announced today that it has approved Genentech’s Ocrevus® (ocrelizumab) for the treatment of adults with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis and primary progressive multiple sclerosis (“PPMS”). Ocrevus is the first drug...more
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. has challenged Genentech’s U.S. Patent No. 7,923,221 (Cabilly III) with a complaint for declaratory judgment in the Central District of California. The patent relates to methods to produce antibody...more