Celltrion will adopt a “next generation” innovative approach to developing biosimilars as it continues to bolster its pipeline, HoUng Kim, head of Celltrion Healthcare’s medical and marketing division, tells Generics Bulletin in an exclusive interview. But the firm sees the US interchangeability designation as an “unnecessary” regulatory barrier.

Celltrion has taken a controlling stake in ADC specialist Iksuda as part of a $47m financing round that has just been closed by the UK-based company.

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