{"id":672262,"date":"2026-05-29T14:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T14:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/672262\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T14:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T14:12:08","slug":"samsung-bioepis-launches-opuviz-biosimilar-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/672262\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung Bioepis Launches OPUVIZ Biosimilar in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.samsungbioepis.com\/en\/index.do\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Samsung Bioepis Co., Ltd.<\/a> has launched OPUVIZ 40 mg\/mL solution for injection in a vial, a biosimilar referencing Eylea (aflibercept), across Europe.<\/p>\n<p>OPUVIZ marks the fifth biosimilar product to be directly commercialized by Samsung Bioepis. Earlier this month, the company launched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.contractpharma.com\/breaking-news\/samsung-bioepis-launches-ustekinumab-biosimilar-in-japan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">a biosimilar referencing Stelara<\/a> (ustekinumab) in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are pleased to launch OPUVIZ in Europe, marking a significant milestone in expanding patient access to ophthalmology treatments,\u201d said Antonio Rito, Vice President and Head of Europe, at Samsung Bioepis. \u201cLeveraging our direct commercialization capabilities, we will work closely with healthcare professionals and payers to facilitate access to this important medicine, so that patients can benefit from quality-assured, safe and effective biosimilar alternatives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In January 2026, Samsung Bioepis announced that the company signed a settlement and license agreement with Regeneron and Bayer concerning the commercialization of its biosimilar to Eylea 2 mg (aflibercept 40 mg\/mL solution) in Europe and the Rest of the World (RoW).<\/p>\n<p>Samsung Bioepis\u2019s aflibercept biosimilar is also available in the Republic of Korea under the brand name AFILIVU.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Samsung Bioepis Co., Ltd. has launched OPUVIZ 40 mg\/mL solution for injection in a vial, a biosimilar referencing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":672263,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-672262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=672262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/672263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=672262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=672262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=672262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}