Medicines for Europe has called for fresh efforts to bolster the value added medicines sector and “level the playing field” with the US and its 505(b)(2) pathway, launching a new report setting out the three key areas in which greater EU action is needed.

Accord expects to maintain its historically high growth rates through a “holistic” approach to medicines that covers generics and biosimilars alongside more innovative products, with recent marketing alliances in Europe playing into the firm’s ambitions in the CNS area.

Accord has launched its first monoclonal antibody biosimilar and fourth biosimilar overall, introducing in the UK the Zercepac version of trastuzumab developed by China’s Shanghai Henlius Biotech.