Formycon’s CEO has offered the latest indication that the coronavirus outbreak could provide a tailwind for biosimilars, as the firm gave an update on its biosimilars pipeline – including ranibizumab, ustekinumab, aflibercept and an undisclosed molecule, as well as other unrevealed projects – and how it has been affected by the pandemic.

Gedeon Richter has struck a deal worth $16.5m with Taiwan’s Mycenax for global rights to a tocilizumab biosimilar version of Actemra/RoActemra, setting a date for planned launches in the EU, Japan, Canada and Australia.

Gedeon Richter's Esmya should not be prescribed to women while the European Medicines Agency again reviews the risk of serious hepatic injury.