Two Years On The Market And Only A 7% Volume Share – J&J Numbers Reveal Infliximab Struggle For US Biosimilars
Executive Summary
Value-wise, Johnson & Johnson’s sales of the Remicade original in the US fell by around a fifth last year with two biosimilars on the market, the originator has just reported. However, thanks in part to what it described as “increased discounts,” J&J was able to retain more than nine-tenths of the infliximab market by volume.
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