Samsung Bioepis: the creation of a biosimilar giant that is 'here to stay', execs tell TPL

22 June 2016

The biosimilars pipeline of the South Korean company Samsung Bioepis would be highly impressive if it belonged to a long-established, world-leading pharma giant.

As well as having received European approval for biosimilars of etanercept and infliximab, two of the three top-selling arthritis drugs in the world, it also has strong Phase III data supporting a version of the biggest seller of them all – AbbVie’s (NYSE: ABBV) Humira (adalimumab).

That is just in rheumatology, with Samsung Bioepis’ pipeline of 13 biosimilars molecules also including encouraging agents in diabetes and oncology.

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