Big biosimilar player expands into China

7 January 2019

Following on from its successful commercialization deals with Biogen (Nasdaq: BIIB) and Merck & Co (NYSE: MRK) in Europe and the USA, a major player in the burgeoning biosimilar space has made its move into another massive market.

Korean company Samsung Bioepis is expanding its biosimilar business into mainland China through a licensing agreement with 3SBio, a Chinese biotech with market-leading biopharmaceutical franchises in oncology, auto-immune diseases, nephrology, metabolic diseases and dermatology.

The agreement covers multiple biosimilar candidates from Samsung Bioepis, including SB8, a biosimilar candidate referencing Roche’s (ROG: SIX) oncology drug Avastin (bevacizumab). The companies will collaborate across clinical development, regulatory registration and commercialization in China.

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