Teva is “uniquely qualified” to succeed with biosimilars thanks to the dual branded and generic mindsets that it can bring to the table, Christine Baeder, senior vice president and chief operating officer of Teva’s US generics division, tells Generics Bulletin in the second part of an exclusive interview.

Alvotech has suffered a setback in its attempt to gain the first US FDA approval for a higher-strength biosimilar adalimumab rival to Humira, after obstacles preventing facility inspections led the agency to defer action on the firm’s AVT02 candidate.

Alvotech and Stada are on the verge of gaining the world’s second ever approval for a higher-strength Humira biosimilar, after the EMA’s CHMP endorsed the firms’ adalimumab under the names Hukyndra and Libmyris at its September meeting.