Agenus’ recent submission of balstilimab joins novel checkpoint inhibitors from Incyte expecting FDA action this year; Junshi and Coherus’ ongoing rolling BLA for toripalimab is the first from the multiple PD-1/L1 inhibitor candidates developed in China that are vying to enter the US market.

Since being established in 2012, Samsung Bioepis has grown into a global biosimilars leader with one of the most robust portfolios of products and pipelines in the sector. Its executive vice-president talks about what is behind this rapid growth and the strategy the Samsung Group affiliate is pursuing to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic and become a fully integrated operation in the longer term.

Since being established in 2012, Samsung Bioepis has grown into a global biosimilars leader with one of the most robust portfolios of products and pipelines in the sector. Its executive vice-president tells Scrip what’s behind this rapid growth and the strategy the Samsung Group affiliate is pursuing to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic and become a fully integrated operation in the longer term.

Samsung Biologics has set out growth plans – including for its Samsung Bioepis biosimilars venture and its CDMO business – after its sales passed the KRW1trn threshold in 2020.