R-Pharm considers expanding in Japanese pharmaceutical market

4 October 2017
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R-Pharm, one of Russia’s leading biotech firms, is considering expanding into the Japanese pharmaceutical market during the next several years.

Initially, this will achieved through the sales of two or three new drugs. This has been confirmed by chairman of the company Alexei Repik, reports The Pharma Letter’s local correspondent.

The list of the drugs which are planned for launch in Japan includes olokizumab, which is an original drug for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis; RPH-104, an anti-inflammatory drug in the form of injections, as well as a bioanalogue of RPH-002, which is an antitumor drug for the treatment of head and neck cancer.

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