Samsung Bioepis Receives the US FDA’s Approval for Multi-Dose Vial of Ontruzant (biosimilar, trastuzumab)

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• The US FDA has approved the 420 mg multi-dose vial of Ontruzant (trastuzumab-dttb), a biosimilar referencing Herceptin (trastuzumab) and will be marketed & distributed by Merck in the US
• On Feb 05, 2020, Merck has announced the spin-off its biosimilar business and will continue to support the commercialization of Ontruzant until the spinoff, which is anticipated to be held in H1’21
• Ontruzant (150 mg, single-dose vial) is an approved therapy for HER2-overexpressing BC, mBC and mGC or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma in patients with prior treatment for metastatic disease

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