Canada approves three teriparatide biosimilars in 2020

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Canada approves three teriparatide biosimilars in 2020

Biosimilars/News | Posted 05/02/2021 0 Post your comment

Canada’s drug regulator, Health Canada, has approved the enoxaparin sodium biosimilars Apo-teriparatide, Teva-teriparatide and Osnuvo.

The drugs are biosimilars of Eli Lilly’s Forteo/Forsteo (teriparatide), which is a recombinant form of parathyroid hormone (PTH). Teriparatide is identical to a portion of human PTH and intermittent use activates osteoblasts more than osteoclasts, which leads to an overall increase in bone. This makes it an effective anabolic, i.e. bone growing, agent. It is therefore used for the treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women and men at high risk for fracture and for glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis in men and postmenopausal women.

Avir Pharma’s Osnuvo was approved on 13 January 2020, Apotex’s Apo-teriparatide was approved on 8 May 2020 and Teva Pharmaceutical’s Teva-teriparatide was approved on 19 June 2020. All three biosimilars were approved as a solution for subcutaneous injection. Apo-teriparatide and Osnuvo were approved at a dose of 250 µg/mL, whereas Teva-teriparatide was approved at a dose of 0.25 µg/mL.

The approval of Apo-teriparatide, Teva-teriparatide and Osnuvo mark the first teriparatide biosimilars to be approved in Canada. The three products are also the first biosimilar approvals in Canada for the three companies.

Teriparatide biosimilars have also been approved in the US (Pfenex’s PF708) [1] and in Europe (Livogiva, Movymia, Qutavina and Terrosa) [2].

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References
1. GaBI Online - Generics and Biosimilars Initiative. Biosimilars approved in Europe [www.gabionline.net]. Mol, Belgium: Pro Pharma Communications International; [cited 2021 Feb 5]. Available from: www.gabionline.net/Biosimilars/General/Biosimilars-approved-in-Europe
2. GaBI Online - Generics and Biosimilars Initiative. Biosimilars approved in the US [www.gabionline.net]. Mol, Belgium: Pro Pharma Communications International; [cited 2021 Feb 5]. Available from: www.gabionline.net/Biosimilars/General/Biosimilars-approved-in-the-US

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Source: Health Canada