On 21 December 2024, CuraTeQ Biologics announced that it has received marketing authorisation from the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for Bevqolva™, biosimilar to Genentech’s Avastin® (bevacizumab). Bevqolva™ is indicated for various cancers, including metastatic colorectal cancer, recurrent or metastatic non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer, advanced and/or metastatic renal cell carcinoma, cervical cancer and epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube and primary peritoneal cancer.
The first bevacizumab biosimilar was approved in the US in September 2017 and in Europe in January 2018.