三星將推低價學名藥 槓歐美廠 - 生技
By Poppy
at 2012-04-17T09:32
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【經濟日報╱編譯劉利貞/綜合外電】
金融時報15日報導,隨著單株抗體(MAB)藥物的專利將在未來幾年陸續到期,三星
計劃於2015年推出相關生技學名藥品,並把價位降至當前水準的一半,歐美製藥業者顯
然將面臨來勢洶洶的挑戰。
三星旗下生技公司三星生物(Samsung Biologics)總裁金泰韓表示,於首爾郊區興
建的製藥廠預計6月完工,並準備在今年底前取得國際主管機關的製藥許可,以便在用
於治療包括癌症、風濕性關節炎等疾病的MAB藥物專利到期後,能推出一系列價格較低
廉的學名藥。
金泰韓說:「生物製藥公司通常銷售良好,而生物科技公司長於創新,但兩者都不
擅於製造。三星的天性,就是在符合法規與產業標準的狀況下,生產低價產品」,而且
目前MAB藥物的價格十分昂貴,並非所有人都能負擔得起,對政府和病患皆是沈重的負
擔。專利藥品只有擁有專利或取得授權的公司才能生產、銷售,專利保護到期後開放所
有藥廠生產的藥物則稱為學名藥,兩者的療效基本上相同,但學名藥價格較低廉。
瑞士信貸(Credit Suisse)指出,今年美國有眾多專利藥品的專利到期,包括市場
達28億美元的抗憂鬱藥Lexapro在內,這些到期專利藥去年銷售總額為340億美元,為歷
來規模最大的專利藥到期浪潮,而這還不包括去年專利到期的暢銷藥品立普妥(Lipitor)
。全球最大學名藥製造商Teva製藥預估,今年歐洲學名藥市場將成長3%。歐洲已開始接
受專利到期藥品的學名藥生產申請,美國近日也開始提供相關申請準則。許多學名藥廠
已為製造遠比小分子藥物更複雜的單株體「大分子」藥物或生技藥物準備良久。
製藥產業去年有六件併購案、前年有七件,比往年都來得多;而三星的舉動,也意
味著來自亞洲難容忽視的新對手即將加入這場競爭。摩根大通(JPMorgan)說,今年專
利到期、去年銷售最好的22種藥品中,近75%至少會有兩家學名藥廠搶著生產;光是
Lexapro,年底前可能就有十家藥廠推出。
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