Teva has launched the first biosimilar rival to Roche’s Rituxan (rituximab) in the US in the form of partner Celltrion’s Truxima (rituximab-abbs), stealing a march on competitor Pfizer, the only other firm to currently hold a US approval for biosimilar rituximab.
Noting that Truxima had been introduced at a 10% discount to the originator’s wholesale acquisition cost – with the biosimilar...






