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Napp Pharma to market Remsima in UK - Celltrion/Napp
Napp Pharmaceuticals has secured exclusive rights to distribute in the UK, Remsima (infliximab-biosimilar), from Celltrion being the biosimilar version of Johnson & Johnson and Merck & Co's anti-inflammatory Remicade (infliximab). Remsima, was recently filed with the FDA and is approved by the European Medicines Agency for all the indications of Remicade. The European patents on Remicade will expire in February 2015.