The performance of its recently-launched Spiriva generic will be crucial for Lupin’s future performance, as it forecasts year-end exit margins in the high teens.

Indian respiratory player Lupin has begun shipping its US generic version of Boehringer Ingelheim’s Spiriva HandiHaler, amid plans both to capture share from the originator’s follow-on soft mist inhalation brand and continue development of its own Respimat rival product.

Coherus BioSciences had teased a “compelling value proposition” for its Yusimry (adalimumab-aqvh) biosimilar to AbbVie’s Humira blockbuster and it has delivered, with a pair of pricing strategies include one though an alliance with self-labelled “disruptor” Mark Cuban.