Japan’s FY2024 pharmaceutical sales revealed a sharp divergence among immune checkpoint inhibitors as MSD’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab) surged toward the 200-billion-yen…
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AbbVie to Seek Indication Expansions for Humira, Competing with Biosimilars on the Strength of Original Product’s Reliability
AbbVie plans to further expand indications for its anti-TNFα antibody drug Humira (adalimumab), which currently has nine indications. “We’ll continue looking for opportunities to expand Humira’s indications for diseases involving tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα) regardless of the number of…
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