In lat­est set­back, an­oth­er Co­herus part­ner bails out on Am­gen biosim­i­lar deal

Just days af­ter Co­herus $CHRS was forced to re­struc­ture and lay off 51 staffers in the wake of the FDA’s de­ci­sion to re­ject its ap­pli­ca­tion for a biosim­i­lar of Am­gen’s Neu­las­ta, its Japan­ese part­ner on the num­ber-two pro­gram in the pipeline is bail­ing out of their col­lab­o­ra­tion.

Dai­ichi Sankyo says that their Phase III pro­gram for CHS-0214 hit the end­point on equiv­a­len­cy with En­brel in treat­ing rheuma­toid arthri­tis. But:

Unlock this article instantly by becoming a free subscriber.

You’ll get access to free articles each month, plus you can customize what newsletters get delivered to your inbox each week, including breaking news.

SIGN UP LOG IN BECOME A PREMIUM SUBSCRIBER