By merging to create Viatris, Mylan and Pfizer’s Upjohn unit intend to occupy a space between generics players and big pharma by offering a broad array of affordable products all around the world.
Mylan chairman Robert Coury believes the Viatris entity that his company will form by merging with Pfizer’s Upjohn off-patent solid-dose brands unit will occupy a “sweet spot” between commodity generics players and mainstream originator pharma companies.
“We are no longer a pure-play generics [company] and we do not want to be big pharma,” Coury told attendees...
Lupin is planning to expand its footprint in China through a deal for a tiotropium dry powder inhaler with local player Sino Universal Pharmaceuticals.
As Endo and Mallinckrodt continue to work towards consummating the merger they announced earlier this year, the pair have revealed further organizational details of their combined generics and sterile injectables business, which is set to be spun off after the merger is complete.
Xbrane Biopharma is partnering with India’s OneSource Specialty Pharma to manufacture its biosimilars, including its much-delayed ranibizumab product Ximluci. The move follows a SEK240m funding round and strategic refocus on commercialization after divesting key R&D assets to Alvotech.
Hot on the heels of a recent alliance in Italy, biosimilars developer mAbxience has struck another deal – this time partnering with Corapharm in south-east Europe.
Stephan Eder has left Stada and stepped down as president of Medicines for Europe, with the company announcing plans for his replacement and the association naming Polpharma CEO Markus Sieger as the association’s new interim president.
Xbrane Biopharma is partnering with India’s OneSource Specialty Pharma to manufacture its biosimilars, including its much-delayed ranibizumab product Ximluci. The move follows a SEK240m funding round and strategic refocus on commercialization after divesting key R&D assets to Alvotech.
Regeneron says it is closely watching Amgen’s Pavblu 2mg aflibercept biosimilar, which is gaining traction via financial incentives to physicians as “the only differentiator” to its Eylea reference brand. Meanwhile, Regeneron is aiming to boost Eylea HD uptake amid regulatory setbacks.
