Biocon Biologics’ CEO indicates that interchangeability may not be pivotal to commercial success in the US for biosimilar adalimumab and that the firm’s Humira rival “checks the key boxes.”

The advent of US biosimilar competition to Humira in 2023 represents the largest ever loss-of-exclusivity opportunity for the off-patent industry, with the first adalimumab rival expected to hit the US market at the end of this month. But with a host of other biosimilars expected to launch throughout the year, how will competition play out in the long term?

Biocon has achieved a milestone after its Biocon Biologics subsidiary closed its $3bn deal to acquire the biosimilars business of longtime partner Viatris, in what management described as a “historic inflection point” for the Indian player.