The company’s biosimilar for autoimmune disease treatment Remsima (infliximab, which references Janssen’s Remicade) won a Peruvian Workers' Insurance System (EsSalud) tender. The company notes that the tender is the largest of its kind accounting for 81% of the total infliximab volume in Peru.

Celltrion intends to supply Remsima for one year beginning in May 2024 and anticipates that the product will have an 86% market share in Peru.

Additionally, Celltrion won a tender from the Peruvian Ministry of Health (Centro Nacional de Abastecimiento de Recursos Estratégicos en Salud, CENARES) for its trastuzumab biosimilar, Herzuma (which references Genentech’s Herceptin), used to treat breast and gastric cancer. The tender represents about half of the trastuzumab market in Peru. Celltrion will provide a one-year supply of Herzuma starting in July 2024.

Earlier in 2024, Celltrion won public tenders in Peru for its rituximab biosimilar, Truxima, as well as its adalimumab biosimilar, Yuflyma. 

The Korean company, through its local subsidiaries, has focused on building a network of contacts with healthcare providers, regulators, and government officials in Peru. Based on these activities, Celltrion has optimized and tailored its strategy for each tender, resulting in the winning of all four of its products.

Celltrion intends to keep up introducing more products and continue its expansion in Peru. They plan to launch in May 2024 Vegzelma, a bevacizumab biosimilar for treating colorectal and lung cancer.

The first biosimilar to receive approval in Peru was Celltrion’s monoclonal antibody Flixceli (infliximab) in 2016 [1]. That year, the Ministry of Health, MINSA, released a national biosimilar regulatory framework in 2016 in an effort to boost the domestic biologicals market [2].

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References
1. GaBI Online - Generics and Biosimilars Initiative. Biosimilars approved in Peru [www.gabionline.net]. Mol, Belgium: Pro Pharma Communications International; [cited 2024 May 28]. Available from: www.gabionline.net/biosimilars/general/biosimilars-approved-in-peru
2. GaBI Online - Generics and Biosimilars Initiative. The biosimilars market in Latin America: a summary [www.gabionline.net]. Mol, Belgium: Pro Pharma Communications International; [cited 2024 May 28]. Available from: www.gabionline.net/biosimilars/research/The-biosimilars-market-in-Latin-America-a-summary

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