Pfizer Launches Nivestym At An Aggressive Discount To Other Filgrastim Products

Pfizer is launching its second US biosimilar, a version of filgrastim, at an aggressive 30.3% discount to Amgen's branded Neupogen and at a discount to competing biosimilars.  

Price war!

Pfizer Inc. is launching a biosimilar version of Amgen Inc.'s granulocyte colony stimulating factor Neupogen (filgrastim) in the US at an aggressive discount to the brand and other cheaper versions of the drug. The company announced its biosimilar Nivestym (filgrastim-aafi) is available on the market as of Oct. 1.

Nivestym, approved by the FDA in July, joins a crowded filgrastim market that already includes two copycat products, so it...

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