CINFA BIOTECH

Cinfa Biotech was created in 2013 as part of the Spanish Cinfa Group. The company conduct biosimilars development and manufacturing exclusively in Europe. Highest European quality standards based on strict guidelines and their specialist know-how are the key to their success in the global biosimilars market. They currently have two product candidates in development including: Cinfa Biotech’s lead product candidate, pegfilgrastim, a biosimilar version of Neulasta® (INN: pegfilgrastim) to treat chemotherapy-induced neutropenia. Pegfilgrastim, a granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) receptor agonist, is used to stimulate bone marrow to produce more neutrophils in order to decrease the incidence of infection in patients undergoing chemotherapy.