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Introducing MVASI®

MVASI®: THE AMGEN® BEVACIZUMAB THAT GIVES YOU CONFIDENCE AND CONTINUITY OF CARE1,2

MVASI® CAN NOW BE USED FOR YOUR BEVACIZUMAB-ELIGIBLE PATIENTS AND IS APPROVED FOR USE IN THE SAME WAY AS AVASTIN®*†1,2
  • Same tumour types†1,2
  • Highly similar efficacy and safety profile1-3
  • Same pharmaceutical composition, including excipients and pH1-5

WHAT’S BEHIND MVASI®
MAKES THE DIFFERENCE

AMGEN® experience in biologics and science is behind all our products. The Amgen® bevacizumab providing you confidence and continuity.*†1

40 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN BIOTECHNOLOGY8

  • MVASI® is our third biosimilar alongside our portfolio of innovative biologics
  • Produced in-house using Amgen®’s end-to-end manufacturing processes
  • Fully committed to reach every patient, every time

HERITAGE IN SOLID TUMOURS9-13

  • >15 years Aranesp® and Neulasta® (supportive care)
  • 13 years Vectibix® (mCRC)
  • 9 years XGEVA® (advanced malignancies involving bone)
  • 2 years KANJINTI® (breast & gastric cancer)

MVASI® BACKED BY COMPREHENSIVE EVIDENCE FOR BIOEQUIVALENCE TO AVASTIN®2,3

  • Robust totality of evidence
  • Same tumour types*†
  • Same excipients & pH

DEDICATED PRESENCE & SUPPORT FROM AMGEN®14

  • Medical & customer support
  • Educational programmes
  • Patient services

*MVASI® has been approved as a biosimilar of Avastin® and is dosed and administered in the same way.
The MVASI® therapeutic indications do not include use in combination with paclitaxel for patients with platinum-resistant recurrent epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer.
mCRC = metastatic colorectal cancer.
References:
  1. MVASI® (bevacizumab) EU Summary of Product characteristics. August 2020.
  2. Avastin® (bevacizumab) EU Summary of Product characteristics. March 2020.
  3. EMA. Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP). MVASI Assessment Report, EMA/798844/2017. Nov 2017.
  4. MVASI® (bevacizumab) US prescribing information. June 2019.
  5. Avastin® (bevacizumab) US prescribing information. June 2019.
  6. Amgen® Inc. Annual Report, Form 10-K 2018. Available at: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/318154/000031815419000008/amgn-12312018x10kq42018.htm [accessed 29 January 2020].
  7. Data on file.
  8. Amgen® website. Available at: https://www.amgen.com/science/ [accessed 14 January 2020].
  9. ARANESP® (darbepoetin alfa) Summary of Product Characteristics. Jan 2020.
  10. NEULASTA® (pegfilgrastim) Summary of Product Characteristics. Nov 2019.
  11. VECTIBIX® (panitumumab) Summary of Product Characteristics. Jan 2020.
  12. XGEVA® (denosumab) Summary of Product Characteristics. June 2019.
  13. KANJINTI® (trastuzumab) Summary of Product Characteristics. Nov 2019.
  14. Amgen® solution-oriented services. Available at: https://www.amgenbiosimilars.com/support/solution-oriented-services/ [accessed 14 January 2020].