Pfizer/Celltrion Prep For October Inflectra Launch

With Celltrion shipping the first batch of its biosimilar Inflectra (infliximab-dyyb) and a stipulation agreement with Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer is set to launch the product on Oct. 3 – six months after it was approved in the US.

It looks like an Oct. 3 go for Pfizer Inc. and its partner Celltrion Inc. to launch their biosimilar Inflectra (infliximab-dyyb) after reports surfaced the first batch of the drug had been shipped and new court documents revealed the companies had entered into a new agreement with Johnson & Johnson unit Janssen Biotech Inc. to clear the way for US marketing.

Inflectra is a biosimilar version of J&J's blockbuster tumor necrosis factor Remicade.

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