Biocon is confident of its “four channel strategy” for the upcoming debut of biosimilar Humira in the US and also asserts it’s well positioned to compete when price cuts come into play for Sanofi’s Lantus next year.

At the European Society of Rheumatology conference currently taking place in Milan, Italy, Celltrion unveiled progress for its proposed biosimilar to Roche’s Actemra/RoActemra (tocilizumab).

Biocon is confident of its “four channel strategy” for the upcoming debut of biosimilar Humira in the US and also asserts it’s well positioned to compete when price cuts come into play for Sanofi’s Lantus next year.

Celltrion USA has won US FDA approval for its Yuflyma 100mg/ml adalimumab biosimilar, making it the third high-concentration version approved in the US and the ninth Humira rival overall.