LG Chem announced on the 23rd that it has applied for permission for Humira biosimilar LBAL items to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety.

Indications include rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, axillary spinal arthritis, adult Crohn's disease, psoriasis, ulcerative colitis, Betchett enteritis, and meningitis in adults. In addition, children (6 to 17 years old) have Crohn's disease, idiopathic childhood arthritis, and childhood plate psoriasis.

LG Chem was approved on May 27, 2016, for a phase 3 clinical trial to evaluate the equivalence of LBAL and Humira in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis who responded inappropriately to Methotrexate. After registering the first target