{"id":91994,"date":"2021-03-03T01:05:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T14:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fnarena.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/03\/cipla-gulf-expands-partnership-with-alvotech-for-commercialization-of-biosimilars-in-australia-and-new-zealand\/"},"modified":"2021-03-03T01:05:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T14:05:00","slug":"cipla-gulf-expands-partnership-with-alvotech-for-commercialization-of-biosimilars-in-australia-and-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/03\/cipla-gulf-expands-partnership-with-alvotech-for-commercialization-of-biosimilars-in-australia-and-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"Cipla Gulf Expands Partnership with Alvotech for Commercialization of Biosimilars in Australia and New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"10\" cellpadding=\"5\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/947146\/Cipla_Logo.jpg?p=medium600\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" title=\"logo\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" width=\"118\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>  <!--Begin actual release body-->  <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">MUMBAI, India<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">March 2, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Cipla Limited (BSE: 500087) (NSE: CIPLA EQ) referred to as &#034;Cipla&#034; today announced that its subsidiary, Cipla Gulf FZ LCC (&#034;Cipla Gulf&#8217;) is expanding its partnership with Alvotech for the marketing and distribution of four biosimilar medicines in <span class=\"xn-location\">Australia<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">New Zealand<\/span>. <\/p>\n<p><span id=\"spanHghlt65d5\">As part of this strategic alliance, Cipla Gulf will be responsible for commercialization of patented biosimilars leading products covering therapeutic categories across immunology, osteoporosis, oncology as well as ophthalmology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The products are developed and manufactured by Alvotech and will be distributed by Cipla Gulf through <span class=\"xn-location\">Australia<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">New Zealand<\/span> distribution networks. These innovative products recorded <span class=\"xn-money\">US$700 Mn<\/span> in aggregate 2020 sales in <span class=\"xn-location\">Australia<\/span>. <\/p>\n<p>Cipla Gulf had previously entered into a similar agreement with Alvotech in <span class=\"xn-chron\">July 2019<\/span> for the commercialization of AVT02, an adalimumab biosimilar, in select emerging markets.<\/p>\n<p><b>Commenting on the partnership,<\/b><b>&#160;<\/b><b>Nishant Saxena, CEO, International Business <\/b><b>(<span class=\"xn-location\">Europe<\/span> &#038; Emerging Markets), Cipla, said, <\/b>&#034;Ensuring access to critical medicines is core to our purpose of &#8216;Caring for Life&#8217; and this partnership is a step in that direction. We believe Alvotech&#8217;s products will enhance our biosimilars pipeline and allow us to establish a pan-therapy presence in the specialties segment, improving our footprint in this strategic <span class=\"xn-location\">Australia<\/span> market.&#034;<\/p>\n<p><b>Anil Okay, Alvotech&#8217;s Chief Commercial Officer, said: <\/b>&#034;We are delighted to be taking this strategic step with Cipla. The combination of Alvotech&#8217;s development and manufacturing expertise and Cipla&#8217;s commercial capabilities will be central in expanding patient access in the region, to high-quality biosimilars.&#034;<\/p>\n<p><b><u>About Cipla<\/u><\/b><b><u>:<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Established in 1935, Cipla is a global pharmaceutical company focused on agile and sustainable growth, complex generics, and deepening portfolio in our home markets of <span class=\"xn-location\">India<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">South Africa<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">North America<\/span>, and key regulated and emerging markets. Our strengths in the respiratory, anti-retroviral, urology, cardiology, anti-infective and CNS segments are well-known. Our 46 manufacturing sites around the world produce 50+ dosage forms and 1,500+ products using cutting-edge technology platforms to cater to our 80+ markets. Cipla is ranked 3rd largest in pharma in <span class=\"xn-location\">India<\/span> (IQVIA MAT December&#8217; 20), 3rd largest in the pharma private market in <span class=\"xn-location\">South Africa<\/span> (IQVIA MAT December&#8217;20), and is among the most dispensed generic players in the U.S. For over eight decades, making a difference to patients has inspired every aspect of Cipla&#8217;s work. Our paradigm-changing offer of a triple anti-retroviral therapy in HIV\/AIDS at less than a dollar a day in <span class=\"xn-location\">Africa<\/span> in 2001 is widely acknowledged as having contributed to bringing inclusiveness, accessibility and affordability to the centre of the HIV movement. A responsible corporate citizen, Cipla&#8217;s humanitarian approach to healthcare in pursuit of its purpose of &#8216;Caring for Life&#8217; and deep-rooted community links wherever it is present make it a partner of choice to global health bodies, peers and all stakeholders.&#160;For more, please visit <u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cipla.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.cipla.com<\/a><\/u>, or click on <u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cipla_Global\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter<\/a><\/u>,&#160;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Cipla\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>,<u>&#160;<\/u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/cipla\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b><u>About Alvotech:<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Alvotech is a multinational biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and manufacture of high quality biosimilars for global markets. We are specialists in biotechnology, seeking to be a global leader in the biosimilar space by delivering high quality, cost-competitive products and services to our partners and to patients worldwide. Our fully integrated approach, with high-quality in-house competencies throughout the value chain, enables the accelerated development of biosimilar products. Alvotech&#8217;s shareholder base includes, among others, Aztiq Pharma, led by founder and Chairman Mr. <span class=\"xn-person\">Robert Wessman<\/span>, Cipla Gulf FZ from <span class=\"xn-location\">Australia<\/span> and New Zeland, Shinhan from Korea, Baxter Healthcare SA, YAS Holdings, ATHOS (Str&#252;ngmann Family Office), CVC Capital Partners and Temasek from <span class=\"xn-location\">Singapore<\/span>. Alvotech&#8217;s initial pipeline contains several monoclonal-antibody and fusion-protein biosimilar candidates aimed at treating autoimmunity, oncology and inflammatory conditions to improve quality of life for patients around the world.&#160; For more information, please visit our website, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alvotech.com%2F&#038;data=04%7C01%7Challdor.kristmannsson%40alvogen.com%7C871f968a122d400bb2f108d88c938272%7Cbfb16db64e0c4739949152777e0c388f%7C0%7C0%7C637413912457598871%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&#038;sdata=HMFXymRMJlFjFY%2FluDgnxkucTLJannlzgOW%2F5zlgZvg%3D&#038;reserved=0\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.alvotech.com<\/a> or follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>Logo: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/947146\/Cipla_Logo.jpg?p=medium600\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/947146\/Cipla_Logo.jpg?p=medium600<\/a> &#160;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MUMBAI, India, March 2, 2021 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Cipla Limited (BSE: 500087) (NSE: CIPLA EQ) referred to as &#034;Cipla&#034; today announced&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[105],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91994"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91994\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}