Mylan's Fulphila Sets Up The US Market For The Next Biosimilar Showdown

Mylan has priced its biosimilar version of pegfilgrastim at a 33% discount to Amgen's WAC for Neulasta, steeper than the 15% discount Pfizer initially offered for Inflectra. The commercial outcome for Fulphila could set the tone for future US biosimilars, which have yet to take off.

CANONSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, USA - AUGUST 17: Exterior of Mylan Global Headquarters on August 17, 2017 in Canonsburg, PA. Mylan is in the news over pricing of the Epipen.

Mylan NV has priced its first US biosimilar, Fulphila (pegfilgrastim-jmbd), at a 33% discount to the reference drug, Amgen Inc.'s Neulasta (pegfilgrastim), a steeper discount than the 15% discount Pfizer Inc. initially used with the launch of Inflectra (infliximab-dyyb) versus Johnson & Johnson's reference drug Remicade (infliximab).

The difference could be important when it comes to whether Fulphila will gain traction in a market that has so...

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