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Amgen settles with AbbVie over Humira biosimilar litigation

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Read More →Amgen settles with AbbVie over Humira biosimilar

Thousand Oaks biopharmaceutical giant Amgen announced Sept. 28 that it had reached a settlement with Chicago-based competitor AbbVie, which had sued to block Amgen’s Humira biosimilar Amjevita. The rheumatoid arthritis and inflammation treatment received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval in September of 2016, but sales were blocked when AbbVie filed a patent infringement claim Read More →
Read More →Amgen gets European approval for biosimilar of Humira

Thousand Oaks-based Amgen has announced that the European Commission has granted marketing authorization for Amgevita, a drug that treats inflammatory diseases, including moderate-to-severe rheumatoid arthritis. The Amgen biosimilar will compete with AbbVie’s blockbuster drug Humira. “The approval of our first biosimilar by the European Commission is a major milestone not just for Amgen as a company, but for the millions Read More →
Read More →Europeans recommend approval of Amgen’s biosimilar of AbbVie’s Humira

The European Medicines Agency recommended the approval of the ABP 501, a biosimilar of AbbVie’s Humira (adalimumab), for treatment of inflammatory diseases, Thousand Oaks-based biotech company Amgen announced on Jan. 27. The EMA recommended ABP 501’s use for moderate-to-severe rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, severe ankylosing spondylitis, severe axial spondyloarthritis without radiographic evidence of AS, moderate-to-severe Read More →
Read More →Amgen’s Humira biosimilar delayed, Enbrel approved

Amgen’s Humira biosimilar Amjevita will be delayed at least through 2017 due to litigation by competitor AbbVie. The maker of Humira filed a patent infringement claim against Amgen on Aug. 4, alleging that the drug also violates the Biosimilar Price Competition and Innovation Act. Amgen was approved to market its biosimilar Sept. 23 by the Read More →
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