They are also capable of targeting both retail and tender channels in Europe, which is a key factor in the success of biosimilars in that region.
Through our joint venture in China, the company has partnered with Yangtze River Pharmaceutical Group as our commercial arm for 7 product candidates. Yangtze River is among the top 3 in its home market and has over 10,000 sales representatives, which can position Alvotech strongly not only in Volume-Based-Purchasing markets, but also in private markets.
In Japan, we are aligned with Fuji Pharma, who is also a shareholder of Alvotech. Through this strategic relationship, we aim to bring multiple biosimilars to the Japanese market. Fuji has been in the Biosimilar space for more than a decade and is the leader in the filgrastin market, with over 70% market share.
In Canada, our partner is JAMP pharmaceuticals is one of the fastest growing pharma companies in Canada. JAMP also has significant sales and marketing infrastructure which will be key in marketing biosimilars in Canada due to the branded nature of the business.
Alvotech has also established unique partnerships with regional champions in a number of underappreciated and underserved markets, which will help us to diversify our revenue and allow us to bring these essential medicines to many access challenged markets.
This strategy is strongly in line with Alvotech’s mission to bring high-quality, affordable biosimilar medicines to patients worldwide.
Slide 23 – Mark Levick
The Alvotech platform was built with intentionality, to optimize reach and address the significant opportunity within biologics medicines. However, how that platform is utilized is equally as important. We have been developing a diverse pipeline of global biosimilar candidates and have applied the same thoughtful criteria in our product selection as we have with the building of our platform.
We have a rigorous product selection process that covers commercial and clinical considerations and incorporates input from all functional areas, including from our commercial partners. Ultimately, the products we select are ones we collectively see as having an attractive market and financial profile, a strong fit with Alvotech’s capabilities, and offer an opportunity for us to be differentiated.
We also consider the fit of a given product within our broader portfolio to ensure that we are diversified. While our portfolio bias is towards chronic conditions, we cover multiple therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology, and ophthalmology, amongst others. Two of our pipeline products, biosimilar candidates to Stelara and Simponi, were developed in the SP2/0 cell line and utilize perfusion manufacturing technology. We believe this differentiates these programs by facilitating the matching of critical structural elements for the respective molecules.