Inflectra - An Infliximab Biosimilar
Inflectra - An Infliximab Biosimilar
January 30, 2017 (Issue: 1513)
The FDA has approved infliximab-dyyb (Inflectra –
Pfizer; marketed as Remsima in some countries), as a
biosimilar of the TNF inhibitor infliximab (Remicade).
Infliximab-dyyb was approved in the European Union
(EU) in 2013 and in Canada in 2014....more
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