Polpharma Biologics, a biotech company specializing in biosimilars, announced positive topline results for their biosimilar candidate PB016, compared to the reference drug Entyvio® (vedolizumab).
The study involved 120 healthy subjects and showed PB016's comparability in pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamics (PD), with no safety concerns or immunogenicity issues.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐏𝐁𝟎𝟏𝟔 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭-𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 (𝐈𝐁𝐃).
𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐁𝟎𝟏𝟔 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞-𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐭. Further clinical trials are underway to provide more evidence on PB016's efficacy and safety in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC).
𝐕𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐛, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐠, 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐔𝐂, 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐡𝐧'𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬. Polpharma Biologics, with a focus on expanding access to biological medicines, is actively developing a pipeline of biosimilars across multiple therapeutic areas.
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3moThis is great news! It’s been thrilling to see this journey from the first patients until now.