Hospira gains EMA OK for Neupogen biosimilar

Hospira says that it won European approval for its follow-on therapy to Amgen's blockbuster Neupogen. In winning the OK, Hospira provided late-stage data demonstrating that its therapy, Nivestim (filgrastim), had a comparable efficacy and safety profile to Neupogen. Europe has sprinted ahead of the U.S. in its approval of biosimilars, follow-on therapies to the biologics like Neupogen that have dominated the market for years. This is the fifth European approval for a biosimilar to...