In today’s briefing:
- Celltrion Healthcare (091990 KS): Portfolio Enhancement to Drive Business Growth
- BeiGene (6160.HK/BGNE.US) – AbbVie‘s Patent Infringement Allegations Are Not as Simple as Imagined
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Celltrion Healthcare (091990 KS): Portfolio Enhancement to Drive Business Growth
- Celltrion Healthcare (091990 KS) is expected to launch Humira biosimilar, Yuflyma, in the U.S. market in July 2023. Despite heavy competition, as high-concentration citrate-free formulation, Yuflyma has competitive edge.
- In April 2023, Celltrion has launched bevacizumab biosimilar, Vegzelma in the U.S. Vegzelma will be the first product that the company will be directly selling in the U.S.
- Through portfolio expansion, Celltrion increased target market size to $53.7B in 2023 from $20.6B in 2020, representing 161% growth. For 2024, the target market is expected to increase to $91.3B.
BeiGene (6160.HK/BGNE.US) – AbbVie‘s Patent Infringement Allegations Are Not as Simple as Imagined
- AbbVie’s patent infringement allegations against BeiGene Ltd (6160 HK) is an attempt to obstruct BeiGene through legal means and save Imbruvica’s sales decline in the market. AbbVie came prepared this time.
- BeiGene has a chance to win the lawsuit if without any political factors.But if BeiGene fails to walk away unscathed, any damages/patent royalty would be detrimental to its financial performance/forecast.
- The real key point in determining BeiGene’s future turnaround is not this lawsuit, but the clinical results of TIGIT project. Even with the correction since May, BeiGene is still expensive.