Dr Reddy’s is to press ahead with India filing plans for single-dose COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik Light and also expects to “build on” the Russian partner’s trial in adolescents of the two-dose Sputnik V. The company also pilots a partnered first-of-its-kind cashless digital health offering.

Teva is keeping a keen eye out for opportunities like its US biosimilars agreement with Alvotech and more recent deal with Bioeq for biosimilar Lucentis as it attempts to maintain revenues in the coming years, following a cut to full-year sales guidance for 2021.

Pfizer reported double-digit growth in its biosimilars and sterile injectables segments, as the company indicated that it would take a more “opportunistic” approach to its biosimilars business in future. The company has also revised its overall 2021 financial guidance as it expects better numbers on the back of its COVID-19 vaccine business.

Jubilant Pharmova – formerly Jubilant Life Sciences – plans to separate and move the active pharmaceutical ingredient business currently in the hands of its generic pharmaceuticals subsidiary, taking eventual control of the business itself.

Biocon is awaiting a scheduled FDA pre-approval inspection for insulin aspart at its facility in Malaysia, amid concerns that the surge in COVID-19 cases in the Southeast Asian nation may cloud timelines. The Indian firm is also pursuing a mutual recognition agreement route with the agency for a generic product approval.

Having a year ago radically altered its business by offloading operations in India to rival Dr Reddy’s, India’s Wockhardt saw another burst of sales in the UK, amid its tie-up with AstraZeneca for the COVID-19 vaccine.

Roche insisted that “biosimilar competition is only one factor in the overall picture,” as it reported another set of depleted figures for its three powerhouse biologic brands: Avastin, MabThera/Rituxan and Herceptin.

Sandoz enjoyed both top- and bottom-line growth in the second quarter, as the Novartis company rebounded from a challenging Q1 and explained how it would reach its financial targets in the longer term.

Having picked up five prescription marketing authorization approvals in the first half of 2021, Slovenian generics giant Krka will be hoping to build on stagnant prescription pharmaceuticals reported in preliminary financial results.