EQS-Adhoc: FDA grants approval for Stelara® Biosimilar FYB202/OtulfiTM (ustekinumab-aauz)

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FDA grants approval for Stelara^® Biosimilar FYB202/Otulfi^TM (ustekinumab-aauz)

Planegg-Martinsried, Germany, September 27, 2024 – Formycon AG FYB "Formycon") announces that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") today approved FYB202/Otulfi^TM1 (ustekinumab-aauz), a biosimilar to Stelara^®2.

FYB202/Otulfi^TM obtained FDA approval for the treatment of patients with Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis and active psoriatic arthritis.

The approval for FYB202/Otulfi^TM is based on a thorough evaluation of a comprehensive data package including analytical, pre-clinical, clinical and manufacturing data. FYB202/Otulfi^TM demonstrated comparable efficacy, safety and pharmacokinetics to the reference drug Stelara^® in patients with moderate to severe psoriasis vulgaris (plaque psoriasis).

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¹⁾ Otulfi^TM is a Trademark of Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbH in selected countries
²⁾ Stelara^® is a registered Trademark of Johnson & Johnson

Contact:
Sabrina Müller
Director Investor Relations and Corporate Communications
Formycon AG
Fraunhoferstr. 15
82152 Planegg-Martinsried
Germany

phone +49 (0) 89 – 86 46 67 149
fax + 49 (0) 89 – 86 46 67 110
Sabrina.Mueller@formycon.com
www.formycon.com

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