Samsung Bioepis and Samil sign ranibizumab commercialisation agreement

Korea Biomedical Review reported that Samsung Bioepis and Samil Pharmaceutical have signed a commercialisation agreement for Amelivu®,biosimilar to Lucentis® (ranibizumab).  Under the agreement, Samil is licenced to sell Amelivu® in Korea.  Samsung Bioepis signed a settlement with Genentech in 2021 allowing it to market its ranibizumab biosimilar from June 2022.  Amelivu®/Byooviz® has been approved in the EU, US, Canada and Korea, and was launched in the US in June 2022.