EU reviewers have recommended marketing approval for two new medicines, but have turned down another product. 

Bavencio, Taltz, Cosentyx, and Opdivo plus Yervoy were this week also the subject of final recommendations from the health technology assessment body, NICE, on whether or not they should be used on the National Health Service for certain indications.

Roche insisted that “biosimilar competition is only one factor in the overall picture,” as it reported another set of depleted figures for its three powerhouse biologic brands: Avastin, MabThera/Rituxan and Herceptin.

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