A year since Paxlovid was launched and The Medicines Patent Pool licensed Pfizer’s nirmatrelvir, we look at a few likely reasons for authorized generics of Paxlovid not turning up and what lies ahead in 2023, as Hetero’s version becomes the first with WHO prequalification while two Chinese and a Korean company wait in the wings.

It’s been a year since Paxlovid was launched and The Medicines Patent Pool licensed Pfizer’s nirmatrelvir. Scrip looks at a few likely reasons for authorized generics of Paxlovid not turning up and what lies ahead in 2023 as Hetero's version becomes the first with WHO Prequalification while two Chinese and a Korean company wait in the wings.

Strides sees Kauliv, a biosimilar to Eli Lilly’s Forsteo, as a ‘significant’ but ‘not a massive product’ as it prepares to register it in multiple countries post a positive opinion from EMA. Meanwhile, more clarity on fund raising for Stelis is expected by March 2023 even as the regulatory timeline for a COVID-19 vaccine from Akston is extended by 2-3 months

Strides Pharma’s biosimilar teriparatide version of Forsteo has been granted a positive opinion by the EMA’s CHMP, setting the firm up for a pan-European marketing authorization along with Viatris’ pirfenidone generic rival to Esbriet and AOP Orphan Pharmaceuticals’ sugammadex generic of Bridion.