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Alvotech and Dr. Reddy’s Enter into Collaboration to Co-Develop Biosimilar Candidate to ...

  • On June 5, 2025, Alvotech and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories announced a partnership to jointly develop, produce, and market a biosimilar version of Merck’s Keytruda for distribution worldwide.
  • The collaboration leverages the biosimilar expertise of both companies and their mutual commitment to oncology, focusing on pembrolizumab, a leading immuno-oncology drug that achieved global sales of $29.5 billion in 2024.
  • The collaboration combines Dr. Reddy's India-based biologics experience and Alvotech's Icelandic biotech platform to expedite development, extend global reach, and share costs and manufacturing responsibilities.
  • Róbert Wessman, Alvotech CEO, stated the deal leverages their dedicated R&D and expands their pipeline, while Dr. Reddy's CEO Erez Israeli emphasized the enhancement of oncology capabilities through this biosimilar collaboration.
  • The agreement implies increased availability of affordable cancer biologics worldwide but carries uncertainties from clinical trials, regulatory actions, physician preferences, and competition from other generics.
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Financial Express broke the news in Uttar Pradesh, India on Wednesday, June 4, 2025.
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