Viatris: Symbicort Market Shaping ‘Exactly The Way We Thought’

Firm Debuted First Generic To Major COPD Brand Last Summer

Although transitioning from its generics foundations, Viatris still has interests in certain complex products. The firm spoke about one, its Breyna generic version of Symbicort, at the recent J.P. Morgan Annual Healthcare Conference.

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Viatris led the way in the US respiratory space once again last summer, debuting generic competition to AstraZeneca’s Symbicort (budesonide/formoterol) following years of patent-litigation action over the inhaler brand’s intellectual property.

Six months or so after Viatris launched its Breyna version of Symbicort in partnership with Kindeva Drug Delivery, the originator’s...

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