In an exclusive interview, Iconovo CEO Johan Wäborg outlines the company’s strategy to become a leader in dry powder inhalation by focusing on platform development, reformulated therapies, and B2B licensing, with a plan to break even by 2027.
Generics Bulletin reviews global regulatory developments across the world.
The group had been laid off as part of the 1 April reduction-in-force, which lead to missed guidance publication deadlines.
After multiple past attempts, US legislators have once again proposed a bill that would make all biosimilars immediately interchangeable upon approval. Could a fresh political context help it to succeed this time?
Doubling down on the launch of its Stelara biosimilar Pyzchiva in Europe last year, Sandoz has just released an autoinjectable version of the drug, with the aim to offer a more convenient option for ustekinumab patients.
The UK struck three international agreements in May, but two of them failed to include medicines or provide any benefits for the pharmaceutical sector. Medicines UK warned that protecting medicine supplies should be of the same importance as defense.
Sun readies US debut of Leqselvi for alopecia areata, while PD-L1 inhibitor Unloxcyt is in the line up once the Checkpoint Therapeutics deal is completed. Management also discusses limited clarity on President Trump’s most favored nation pricing push, pipeline tweaks and M&A outlook.
After half a year of silence, the US FDA has published 48 product-specific guidances for generic development. With critical staff laid off, will the health agency stick to its updated PSG publishing schedule?
With European biosimilars developers buoyed by recent regulatory moves, Medicines for Europe’s Isabell Remus and Julie Maréchal-Jamil discuss the next steps forward for the industry.
After signing a deal with Avenacy at the end of last year, Hyloris has now announced the approval of its intravenous formulation of tranexamic acid, which is used as a hemostatic agent.
With entries now open for the Global Generics & Biosimilars Awards 2025 – which takes place in Frankfurt on Wednesday 29 October – Generics Bulletin’s editors discuss all the key details, including tips for entrants, in our latest podcast.
Teva has laid out an ambitious goal for its long-acting injectable schizophrenia drugs to grow into a $2bn franchise, ahead of the planned US filing of olanzapine later this year.
At a busy meeting of the CHMP, the EMA issued positive opinions for Fresenius Kabi’s denosumab rivals to Prolia and Xgeva, another denosumab biosimilar from Sandoz, a Tecfidera hybrid from Neuraxpharm and a Descovy generic from Viatris. Meanwhile, Ascend has withdrawn a teriparatide filing.
Ahead of a bench trial beginning in February 2026, Lupin has become the latest ANDA sponsor to settle patent-infringement litigation over Harmony Biosciences’ Wakix (pitolisant hydrochloride), which has been touted as a potential blockbuster by the end of the decade.
The US healthcare system saved billions by allowing early market entry for generic and biosimilar medicines through patent settlements. However, long-winded litigations with an expensive price tag and the Senate’s reintroduced pay-for-delay bill are set to make the situation even more dire.
A class action suit alleging AstraZeneca delayed generic competition for Seroquel XR by making illegal agreements that stifled market entry for generic quetiapine competitors has been dismissed after the originator agreed to settle for tens of millions of dollars.
In a somewhat surprising move, president Donald Trump’s Federal Trade Commission carries the torch in a crusade to delist improper listings from the FDA’s Orange Book. Law firm Polsinelli’s chair Chad Landmon told Generics Bulletin what it means for the generic drug industry.
