A second tocilizumab biosimilar has been launched in the US, with Bio-Thera and Biogen together introducing their Tofidence version just weeks after Fresenius Kabi launched its first-to-market Tyenne.

The European Medicines Agency believes Idorsia’s Jeraygo should be approved for use in the EU at two different doses rather than just the one approved by the US Food and Drug Administration last month.

Bio-Thera Solutions has struck a deal with Macter International for rights to its BAT1706 biosimilar rival to Avastin (bevacizumab) in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Bio-Thera has received US Food and Drug Administration approval for its bevacizumab biosimilar, marking the second biosimilar drug researched, developed and manufactured by a Chinese pharmaceutical company to receive US approval.