AbbVie: ‘We Looked At Biosimilars, We Are Not Interested’

Originator Prefers Using Manufacturing Capacity For Branded Drugs

AbbVie spoke about past musings to enter the biosimilar space like its competitors, including Amgen and Pfizer, as it gears up for the launch of the first biosimilar to its own Humira blockbuster at the end of January 2023.

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AbbVie has no appetite to pursue biosimilar development like other big cap US biotech, although it admits that it has considered entering the space.

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