EU’s CHMP Expected To OK Another Biosimilar Humira
Executive Summary
The European Medicines Agency’s CHMP is expected to give the green light to Samsung Bioepis’ biosimilar version of AbbVie’s anti-TNF-alpha Humira on June 23. Numerous other biosimilar developers have biosimilar adalimumabs under development in a bid to break into the $16bn market for the world’s top-selling drug.
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