A phase 3 study of the bevacizumab biosimilar BCD-021 vs reference bevacizumab (Avastin) in patients with stage IIIB or IV nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) demonstrated equivalence, investigators reported at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2021.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Biotech group Biocad is discussing producing in China a potential COVID-19 vaccine being developed by Russia’s Vector state virology institute, the director of the St Petersburg-based company said in an interview.
Russian developers have registered a new drug that may help alleviate the harshest complications caused by COVID-19, a week after the country's Ministry of Health registered Avifavir, a domestic version of the Japanese drug Favipiravir, for combating COVID-19.
BIOCAD will receive permanent market authorisation (MA) in India, which represents a strategic milestone for BIOCAD’s international expansion.
In 2017, BIOCAD obtained a marketing authorization for its rituximab biosimilar in Bolivia and Honduras under the trade name USMAL. First shipments will start in the beginning of the third quarter of 2017. BIOCAD will be able to supply as much rituximab as needed for Bolivian and Honduran patients. Considering competitive price of the Russian biosimilar, estimated drug availability will double.
Law360, New York (March 8, 2017, 12:15 PM EST) -- Drug giant F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. asked a New York federal judge on Tuesday to sanction a private Russian firm and its counsel for bringing an antitrust lawsuit related to a trio of cancer drugs, saying the “frivolous” lawsuit is merely intended to harass the pharmaceutical maker.
BIOCAD, Russia's leading innovative biotechnology company, has developed innovative medicine for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and other autoimmune diseases.
Biocad has begun supplying its biosimilar version of Roche’s Herceptin (trastuzumab) to breast cancer patients in Sri Lanka.
A leading Russian biopharmaceutical company BIOCAD obtained a Marketing Authorization for the bevacizumab biosimilar today.nnThe Russian MoH has approved the new medicine on November 25, 2105.nnBevacizumab is one of the most expensive therapeutic proteins reimbursed by the Russian government, and is included in the federal list of essential drugs, which regulates pricing strategy in the domestic market and determines the maximal cost of medicinal products.