Biocon has announced that the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) of Japan has approved its biosimilar insulin glargine. The company through its commercial partner, FUJIFILM Pharma Co. Ltd (FFP) will now offer high quality, yet affordable, world class products to diabetes patients in Japan.
The product is a ready-to-use, prefilled disposable pen with 3 ml of 100IU insulin glargine, expected to be launched in Q1 FY17, aiming to capture a significant share of the Japanese glargine market of US$ 144 million, which is the second largest market outside of North America & Europe and is largely dominated by disposable pens.
The approval for insulin glargine has been obtained post successful completion of initial development by Biocon and local phase III clinical studies in over 250 type 1 diabetes patients by our partner in Japan. Biocon's manufacturing facilities for insulin glargine, and its state-of-the-art disposable pen assembly facility, were inspected and approved by the Japanese regulatory authorities. This pen assembly facility was inaugurated in September 2015 for the launch of Biocon's insulin glargine pen branded as 'Basalog One' in India.
"The insulin glargine approval in the highly regulated market like Japan, marks a huge credibility milestone for Biocon. We see this as a significant achievement in our journey of making global impact in diabetes management through our affordable biosimilar insulins. We hope to enable the Japanese government to bring down its healthcare expenditure on diabetes with the use of this cost effective, high quality biosimilar insulin glargine, said Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, chairperson & managing director, Biocon.
The product is a ready-to-use, prefilled disposable pen with 3 ml of 100IU insulin glargine, expected to be launched in Q1 FY17, aiming to capture a significant share of the Japanese glargine market of US$ 144 million, which is the second largest market outside of North America & Europe and is largely dominated by disposable pens.
The approval for insulin glargine has been obtained post successful completion of initial development by Biocon and local phase III clinical studies in over 250 type 1 diabetes patients by our partner in Japan. Biocon's manufacturing facilities for insulin glargine, and its state-of-the-art disposable pen assembly facility, were inspected and approved by the Japanese regulatory authorities. This pen assembly facility was inaugurated in September 2015 for the launch of Biocon's insulin glargine pen branded as 'Basalog One' in India.
"The insulin glargine approval in the highly regulated market like Japan, marks a huge credibility milestone for Biocon. We see this as a significant achievement in our journey of making global impact in diabetes management through our affordable biosimilar insulins. We hope to enable the Japanese government to bring down its healthcare expenditure on diabetes with the use of this cost effective, high quality biosimilar insulin glargine, said Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, chairperson & managing director, Biocon.
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