Alvotech Eyes Canada Humira Launch As Celltrion Also Bags High-Strength Approval

Celltrion’s Yuflyma And Alvotech/JAMP’s Simlandi Approved By Health Canada

The first biosimilar approval stemming from Alvotech’s collaboration with JAMP Pharma in Canada has arrived, with the firms’ Simlandi (adalimumab) biosimilar version of AbbVie’s higher-strength Humira. Celltrion has also announced an approval from Health Canada.

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The first biosimilar Humira products launched last year • Source: Shutterstock

Celltrion has claimed a landmark first approval in Canada for a biosimilar product referencing AbbVie’s higher-strength 100mg/ml version of Humira (adalimumab), days before Alvotech and partner JAMP Pharma also received a marketing authorization from Health Canada for their higher-strength biosimilar Humira product.

The Korean firm’s Yuflyma biosimilar adalimumab product “is the first adalimumab biosimilar with a high concentration, low-volume and citrate-free formulation”...

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