Since its first launch in 2019, Idacio® has been approved and commercialized in over 37 countries around the world. Fresenius Kabi plans to launch the product in the U.S., in a self-administered prefilled syringe and a self-administered pre-filled pen (autoinjector) starting from July 2023. “This is another important milestone for Fresenius Kabi in fulfilling our strategic priority of introducing biosimilars for patients worldwide,” said Dr. Michael Schönhofen, Fresenius Kabi’s Chief Operating Officer and Member of the Fresenius Kabi Management Board. “In the United States, we are a leading manufacturer of small-molecule injectable medicines. This second U.S. biopharmaceutical approval serves to broaden and diversify our U.S. portfolio to bring even more value to patients, payers, and healthcare providers, and to reduce the financial pressure on healthcare systems globally.” The approval for Idacio® (adalimumab-aacf) is based on a review of a comprehensive data package and a totality of evidence that demonstrated similar analytical profile, pharmacokinetic, efficacy, safety, and immunogenicity to the reference adalimumab product. For more information about biosimilars, please visit https://biosimilars.fresenius-kabi.com
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Fresenius Kabi is a global health care company that specializes in lifesaving medicines and technologies for infusion, transfusion and clinical nutrition. The company’s products and services are used to help care for critically and chronically ill patients. Fresenius Kabi’s product portfolio comprises a comprehensive range of I.V. generic drugs, infusion therapies and clinical nutrition products as well as the devices for administering these products. In the field of biosimilars, Fresenius Kabi focuses on autoimmune diseases and oncology. In 2019, the first biosimilar product by Fresenius Kabi was launched. Within transfusion medicine and cell therapies, Fresenius Kabi offers products for collection of blood components and extracorporeal therapies. With its corporate philosophy of "caring for life", the company is committed to putting essential medicines and technologies in the hands of people who help patients and finding the best answers to the challenges they face.
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