Friday 29 July 2022

PRESTIGE BIOPHARMA AND INTAS PHARMACEUTICALS ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP TO COMMERCIALIZE BEVACIZUMAB BIOSIMILAR IN THE US, EUROPE, CANADA, MENA, BRAZIL, MEXICO, SOUTH AFRICA, CIS AND THE SEA COUNTRIES

SINGAPORE, July 27 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Prestige Biopharma Limited (KRX: 950210, hereafter referred to as “Prestige”) and Intas Pharmaceuticals Limited (hereafter referred to as “Intas”) today announced that the two companies have entered into a binding agreement for the exclusive partnership and supply for the commercialization of Prestige Biopharma’s bevacizumab biosimilar, in the US, Europe, Canada, MENA, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

Prestige’s bevacizumab (HD204) is a mAb biosimilar to Roche’s Avastin®, an inhibitor of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), which is used in combination with other therapies to treat patients with multiple forms of cancer including metastatic colorectal cancer, advanced non-small-cell lung cancer, advanced kidney cancer, certain types of epithelial cancers and cancers of the cervix. HD204 is currently in Phase III clinical development (SAMSON-II) and the US and EU filing is planned next year. Positive results were previously reported from the Phase I clinical trial (SAMSON-I) which evaluated the pharmacokinetics, safety and immunogenicity of HD204 to Avastin®.

The partnership arrangement includes the exclusive rights for Intas and its affiliate Accord Healthcare that will commercialize the bevacizumab biosimilar in the US, Europe, Canada, MENA, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, leveraging their strong sales and marketing capabilities and experience in successfully bringing new biosimilars to market. As one of the key players in the global biosimilar market, Accord has a longstanding commitment to oncology with proven commercial capabilities and it currently supplies around one in three injectable oncology medicines in Europe. 

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