Regeneron ‘Shocked’ At Biogen Lucentis Biosimilar Sales

Biogen’s Byooviz Biosimilar Launched 1 July; Company Stressed Gradual Launch

With its own interests in the branded eye-disease space, Regeneron has commented on ranibizumab biosimilar sponsor Biogen’s fortunes during a recent conference.

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Regeneron has described a 'crazy space' for biosimilars • Source: Shutterstock

Eylea (aflibercept) originator Regeneron was “shocked” that Biogen’s Byooviz (ranibizumab-nuna) biosimilar returned only around $700,000 in revenues during the third quarter. The biosimilar to Lucentis, the first to launch in the US ophthalmology space, has been commercially available since 1 July.

For its part, Biogen has stated previously that it expects a gradual launch in 2022 of Byooviz, “with more meaningful...

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