Coherus BioSciences has sold a little under 2.5 million shares to partner Junshi Biosciences, giving the firm additional capital following a large debt financing last year.

Lotus Pharmaceuticals aims to build a stronghold in Thailand and beyond, after the Alvogen subsidiary announced a partnership with a subsidiary of Thai state-owned conglomerate PTT, which includes a $50m capital injection.

Aurobindo has announced the launch of generic versions of Truvada, Atripla, Minocin and Gleevec in the US. As its generics business grows in the US, Europe, Canada and the rest of the world markets, Aurobindo plans to establish itself in China. The Indian pharma company has also announced its plan to commission new facilities to serve the external market. 

As Michael Sen takes the reins as CEO of Fresenius Kabi, Christian Pawlu has been recruited from Sandoz to head up the firm’s generics and complex formulations unit.

Russia’s Pharmapark has added Prestige BioPharma’s HD204 biosimilar bevacizumab product to the firms’ commercialization partnership, two years after kicking off the partnership with trastuzumab.

Forecasting up to a dozen complex generic launches by Teva in the US in 2021, executive vice-president for North America commercial Brendan O’Grady said Teva was continuing to push for changes to boost approval rates ahead of GDUFA III next year.