On November 12, 2020, Genentech filed a complaint in the Eastern District of Texas alleging that the Centus Biotherapeutics, Ltd., Fujifilm Kyowa Kirin Biologics Co., Ltd., Fujifilm Corp., and Kyowa Kirin Co, Ltd. (collectively, Centus) proposed biosimilar to Genentech’s AVASTIN (bevacizumab) product infringes 10 U.S. patents. Yesterday, the parties filed a Joint…
Centus Biotherapeutics Europe Equidacent (Bevacizumab) Receives Approval in Europe
LONDON and TOKYO, Sep. 29th, 2020 — Centus Biotherapeutics Ltd., a joint venture between Fujifilm Kyowa Kirin Biologics Co., Ltd. and AstraZeneca, today announced that the European Commission (EC) has granted the marketing authorization for Equidacent® (Product Code: FKB238), the company's biosimilar to Avastin® (bevacizumab).
European regulators have approved Equidacent, a biosimilar version of Roche’s anticancer agent Avastin (bevacizumab) developed by Centus Biotherapeutics, a joint venture of Fujifilm Kyowa Kirin Biologics and AstraZeneca.Centus said on September 29 that Equidacent was granted approval by the European…