News | February 10, 2024
Biocon Biologics partners with Sandoz Australia for Biosimilars Trastuzumab and Bevacizumab
The agreement is effective from January 1, 2024 and commercialisation commenced on February 1, 2024
The agreement is effective from January 1, 2024 and commercialisation commenced on February 1, 2024
Trastuzumab biosimilar is a humanized monoclonal antibody for treating metastatic breast cancer
KEYTRUDA is the first immunotherapy approved in the EU for the first-line treatment of this patient population
If approved, KEYTRUDA would be the first immunotherapy for the first-line treatment of HER2-positive advanced gastric or GEJ cancer in tumors expressing PD-L1 (CPS ?1) in the EU
Based on a subgroup analysis by PD-L1 expression from KEYNOTE-811, Merck is working with the US FDA to update the current indication for KEYTRUDA in HER2-positive gastric or GEJ adenocarcinoma
The receipt of this permission paves way for the launch of Trastuzumab deruxtecan (Enhertu) solution of 100mg/5mL in India
Application based on DESTINY-Breast03 results showing Daiichi Sankyo and AstraZeneca’s trastuzumab deruxtecan reduced risk of disease progression or death by 72% versus trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1)
Trastuzumab is monoclonal antibody used to treat human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 positive (HER2+) breast cancer and metastatic gastric cancers
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In Japan, breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, with approximately 92,000 cases of breast cancer diagnosed in 2020
The license agreement grants Dr. Reddy's the exclusive rights to commercialize the proposed biosimilar in select countries in Latin America and Southeast Asia
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