CHMP OKs First EU Biosimilar Herceptin, And Another Version Of Humira
Executive Summary
Samsung Bioepis’s Ontruzant is set to be the first biosimilar version of Roche’s Herceptin on the EU market after getting the all-clear from the EMA’s CHMP on Sept. 15. The committee has also OKd another version of AbbVie’s Humira, this time from Boehringer Ingelheim.
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