US Market For Therapeutic Cancer Biosimilars Will Be Tested By Mvasi, Kanjinti Launches

Amgen and Allergan’s launch of the first biosimilars to Roche/Genentech’s Avastin and Herceptin may not face the same commercial dynamics that have stymied biosimilars in other therapeutic areas, but uptake could depend upon oncologists’ comfort level in prescribing the follow-on agents.

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50 years after Apollo 11 blasted off for the moon, Amgen and Allergan have their own landmark launches to boast about. • Source: Shutterstock

Amgen Inc. and Allergan PLC will be the first to test the US market’s appetite for biosimilar versions of therapeutic oncologic agents with the partners’ 18 July launch of Mvasi and Kanjinti, which reference Roche/Genentech Inc.’s Avastin (bevacizumab) and Herceptin (trastuzumab), respectively.

The US has been slow to embrace the few biosimilars that have reached market to date, largely due to commercial...

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