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The FDA on Thursday approved Sandoz’s Tyruko (natalizumab-sztn), a biosimilar of Biogen’s blockbuster treatment Tysabri (natalizumab), a monotherapy for the treatment of adults with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis.

Biogen is laying off an unspecified number of employees, according to a article published Monday by the Boston Business Journal.

Roche’s Genentech Inc. sued Biogen MA Inc. on Tuesday in San Francisco federal court, claiming Biogen owes additional patent royalties from worldwide sales of its blockbuster multiple-sclerosis and Crohn’s disease drug Tysabri.

The lawsuit accused Biogen of directing millions of dollars in kickbacks to doctors to prescribe its MS drugs Avonex, Tysabri and Tecfidera from 2009 to 2014, with kickbacks delivered in the form of “sham” consulting deals and speaker programs as well as lavish dinners and entertainment.

On Monday, the high-profile partnership between Japan’s Daiichi-Sankyo and British-Swedish multinational AstraZeneca announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration has accepted their supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan), their HER2-directed candidate for unresectable or metastatic breast cancer.