Confidence in growing in-house commercial capabilities has recently prompted several Chinese pharmas, including Simcere and 3SBio, to focus on obtaining domestic rights to novel drug assets developed by other China-based biotechs, rather than pursuing international deals.

Alkem’s ‘affordable’ cetuximab biosimilar set to take on Erbitux in India, even as Merck KGaA pursues a court case seeking information and data related to efficacy and interchangeability of the Indian company's product.

Sorrento and Mabpharm have revealed plans to take their infliximab “biobetter” global, after China’s NMPA approved the product, which has an improved safety profile compared to Remicade.