Holzkirchen, February 12, 2016 – Sandoz, a Novartis company and a global leader in biosimilars, announced today that it has acquired from Pfizer the rights for the development and commercialization of PF-06438179 (biosimilar infliximab) in the 28 countries that form the European Economic Area (EEA)*. Infliximab is a tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) inhibitor used to treat a range of autoimmune diseases including rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriasis.
