Avastin� (Bevacizumab) Biosimilars

Damon98709 Feb, 2022Health

Avastin? (bevacizumab) is VEGF-A targeting, humanized monoclonal antibody-based therapeutic developed by Genentech and Roche. It was the first angiogenesis inhibitor drug to be approved by the US FDA. Avastin? was first approved for treatment of advanced colon cancer (2004); since then, the drug has been approved for advanced lung cancers (2006), metastatic breast cancers (2008), kidney cancers and brain (glioblastoma) cancers (2009).