Drug shortages, stable prices and a demand recovery in the US helped drive Aurobindo’s growth in Q4. Meanwhile, the company is developing a biosimilar to Roche/Novartis’s multi-billion product Xolair, as predicted by Scrip earlier. Use of decentralized mode for its Phase III trials is a notable aspect

In a busy week for Alvotech, the firm has announced an expansion of its partnership with Advanz to cover five further European biosimilars, at the same time as revealing two new pipeline assets. Meanwhile, the company has also dropped three products from an existing European partnership with Stada and has also terminated a development deal with BiosanaPharma.

Pfizer chief clinical officer William Pao, Roche pharma CEO Teresa Graham and others weighed in on what FTC’s action could mean for pharma M&A at the Financial Times Pharma Summit.

Teva has spoken of its US biosimilars alliance with Alvotech, in the wake of several major setbacks for the companies’ plans to launch a biosimilar to AbbVie’s Humira (adalimumab) juggernaut on 1 July.