After receiving regulatory approvals in Europe for its biosimilar versions of etanercept and infliximab earlier this year, South Korea's Samsung Bioepis is now looking to add adalimumab to it and partner Biogen’s growing portfolio.

With the FDA giving an overwhelmingly positive review of Sandoz Inc.'s application for its biosimilar version of Enbrel (etanercept), which is sold in the US by Amgen Inc., the product appears to be headed to the US market – pending a likely blessing from the agency's advisory panel, which is meeting on July 13. But Sandoz must still get past litigation and convince prescribers and patients its etanercept biosimilar provides value over Enbrel.

Two companies in the biopharma space began trading publicly this week, one to pay off debt, the other to fund an early-stage pipeline.