Sandoz flexes its biosimilar muscles with Humira and Rituxan data

14 November 2017

A few companies have taken big strides in moving their biosimilar portfolios forward in Europe and the USA this year – with Samsung Bioepis, Boehringer Ingelheim and Amgen (Nasdaq: AMGN) among the undisputed frontrunners in this burgeoning field.

Their progress will have been watched with interest by Sandoz, a unit of Swiss pharma giant Novartis (NOVN: VX), which calls itself the global leader in biosimilars.

Sandoz strengthened that claim on Tuesday by releasing new immunology data from four clinical studies for proposed biosimilars of adalimumab and rituximab.

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