With US biosimilar competition to Humira slow to start in 2023, Organon’s US biosimilars head Jon Martin talks about how the firm is pushing forward to ramp up progress on adalimumab this year, as well as longer-term opportunities.

Organon's commercial director and lead for the South Asia region, Anjan Sen, discusses with Scrip the prospects of contraceptive Implanon NXT with its inclusion in India’s historic family planning program. The Merck spin-out is also on course to debut its Jada System this year, opening up new growth avenues as it disentangles and builds out operations in the region.

Stakeholders suggested a ‘Dear Healthcare Provider’ letter or speaking about the risks to professional societies to emphasize the psychiatric adverse events that prompted a boxed warning for the now-generic asthma drug montelukast. The NY Attorney General is adding more pressure.

Biocon sees some wins for biosimilar adalimumab in the US and signals more opportunities amid the slower than anticipated build-out for Humira rivals. Chinese competition looms for glargine, but the Indian company declares it “will be competitive if these folks launch.”