{"id":27989,"date":"2022-07-14T18:10:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T10:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flcube.com\/?p=27989"},"modified":"2025-02-25T18:13:28","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T10:13:28","slug":"huadong-medicines-biosimilar-victoza-liraglutide-accepted-for-nmpa-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flcube.com\/?p=27989","title":{"rendered":"Huadong Medicine’s Biosimilar Victoza (Liraglutide) Accepted for NMPA Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

China-based Huadong Medicine Co., Ltd (SHE: 000963<\/a>) announced that its market filing for a biosimilar version of Novo Nordisk’s Victoza (liraglutide), produced by subsidiary Hangzhou Zhongmei Huadong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, has been accepted by the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA). The drug is intended as an adjunctive therapy for adult patients needing long-term weight management alongside a low-calorie diet and increased physical activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drug Profile<\/strong>
Liraglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist, is used globally to improve glycemic control in type 2 diabetes and treat obesity or overweight patients. The drug was approved in Europe (2009), the US (2010), and China (2011) under the brand name Victoza, and later gained approvals for weight management in the US (2014) and Europe (2015).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Market Filing Details<\/strong>
Zhongmei Huadong is the first domestic firm to file a liraglutide biosimilar with two indications in China. The NMPA’s acceptance marks progress toward offering a more accessible treatment option for weight management in the country.-Fineline Info & Tech<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

China-based Huadong Medicine Co., Ltd (SHE: 000963) announced that its market filing for a biosimilar…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAownpewDA:productID":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7,11],"tags":[39,114,38,148,887],"class_list":["post-27989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-company","category-drug","tag-diabetes","tag-huadong-medicine","tag-market-approval-filings","tag-novo-nordisk","tag-she-000963"],"yoast_head":"\nHuadong Medicine's Biosimilar Victoza (Liraglutide) Accepted for NMPA Review - Insight, China's Pharmaceutical Industry<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"China-based Huadong Medicine Co., Ltd (SHE: 000963) announced that its market filing for a biosimilar version of Novo Nordisk's Victoza (liraglutide), produced by subsidiary Hangzhou Zhongmei Huadong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, has been accepted by the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA). The drug is intended as an adjunctive therapy for adult patients needing long-term weight management alongside a low-calorie diet and increased physical activity.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/flcube.com\/?p=27989\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Huadong Medicine's Biosimilar Victoza (Liraglutide) Accepted for NMPA Review\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Navigate the complexities of China\u2019s pharmaceutical industry with precision and clarity. FLCUBE delivers reliable data, news, and intelligence to broaden your horizons and sharpen your decision-making. Stay informed, stay ahead with FLCUBE.COM\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/flcube.com\/?p=27989\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Insight, China's Pharmaceutical Industry\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61566606313834\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-07-14T10:10:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-25T10:13:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/flcube.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Fineline-info-tech-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1894\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Fineline Cube\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Fineline Cube\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flcube.com\\\/?p=27989#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flcube.com\\\/?p=27989\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Fineline Cube\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flcube.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/19ad11870d326204db8524d3c3c5e66a\"},\"headline\":\"Huadong Medicine’s Biosimilar Victoza (Liraglutide) Accepted for NMPA Review\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-07-14T10:10:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-25T10:13:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flcube.com\\\/?p=27989\"},\"wordCount\":168,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flcube.com\\\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Diabetes\",\"Huadong Medicine\",\"Market approval filings\",\"Novo Nordisk\",\"SHE: 000963\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Company\",\"Drug\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/flcube.com\\\/?p=27989#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2022\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flcube.com\\\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flcube.com\\\/?p=27989\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flcube.com\\\/?p=27989\",\"name\":\"Huadong Medicine's Biosimilar Victoza (Liraglutide) Accepted for NMPA Review - Insight, China's Pharmaceutical Industry\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flcube.com\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-07-14T10:10:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-25T10:13:28+00:00\",\"description\":\"China-based Huadong Medicine Co., Ltd (SHE: 000963) announced that its market filing for a biosimilar version of Novo Nordisk's Victoza (liraglutide), produced by subsidiary Hangzhou Zhongmei Huadong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, has been accepted by the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA). The drug is intended as an adjunctive therapy for adult patients needing long-term weight management alongside a low-calorie diet and increased physical activity.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flcube.com\\\/?p=27989#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/flcube.com\\\/?p=27989\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flcube.com\\\/?p=27989#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flcube.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Huadong Medicine’s Biosimilar Victoza (Liraglutide) Accepted for NMPA Review\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flcube.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flcube.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Insight, China's Pharmaceutical Industry\",\"description\":\"Fineline Insights, Pharma Clarity\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flcube.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flcube.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flcube.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Fineline Infomation and Technology\",\"alternateName\":\"Fineline Info & Tech\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flcube.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flcube.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flcube.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/Fineline-info-tech-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flcube.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/Fineline-info-tech-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1894,\"caption\":\"Fineline Infomation and Technology\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flcube.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/profile.php?id=61566606313834\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flcube.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/19ad11870d326204db8524d3c3c5e66a\",\"name\":\"Fineline Cube\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/89f733aaed3d2d91d7d6f45d0e9ab509e3004e8243c6e57620b36380684657f2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/89f733aaed3d2d91d7d6f45d0e9ab509e3004e8243c6e57620b36380684657f2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/89f733aaed3d2d91d7d6f45d0e9ab509e3004e8243c6e57620b36380684657f2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Fineline Cube\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/flcube.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flcube.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Huadong Medicine's Biosimilar Victoza (Liraglutide) Accepted for NMPA Review - Insight, China's Pharmaceutical Industry","description":"China-based Huadong Medicine Co., Ltd (SHE: 000963) announced that its market filing for a biosimilar version of Novo Nordisk's Victoza (liraglutide), produced by subsidiary Hangzhou Zhongmei Huadong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, has been accepted by the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA). The drug is intended as an adjunctive therapy for adult patients needing long-term weight management alongside a low-calorie diet and increased physical activity.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/flcube.com\/?p=27989","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Huadong Medicine's Biosimilar Victoza (Liraglutide) Accepted for NMPA Review","og_description":"Navigate the complexities of China\u2019s pharmaceutical industry with precision and clarity. FLCUBE delivers reliable data, news, and intelligence to broaden your horizons and sharpen your decision-making. Stay informed, stay ahead with FLCUBE.COM","og_url":"https:\/\/flcube.com\/?p=27989","og_site_name":"Insight, China's Pharmaceutical Industry","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61566606313834","article_published_time":"2022-07-14T10:10:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-02-25T10:13:28+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1894,"url":"https:\/\/flcube.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Fineline-info-tech-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Fineline Cube","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Fineline Cube","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/flcube.com\/?p=27989#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/flcube.com\/?p=27989"},"author":{"name":"Fineline Cube","@id":"https:\/\/flcube.com\/#\/schema\/person\/19ad11870d326204db8524d3c3c5e66a"},"headline":"Huadong Medicine’s Biosimilar Victoza (Liraglutide) Accepted for NMPA Review","datePublished":"2022-07-14T10:10:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-25T10:13:28+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/flcube.com\/?p=27989"},"wordCount":168,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/flcube.com\/#organization"},"keywords":["Diabetes","Huadong Medicine","Market approval filings","Novo Nordisk","SHE: 000963"],"articleSection":["Company","Drug"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/flcube.com\/?p=27989#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2022","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/flcube.com\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/flcube.com\/?p=27989","url":"https:\/\/flcube.com\/?p=27989","name":"Huadong Medicine's Biosimilar Victoza (Liraglutide) Accepted for NMPA Review - Insight, China's Pharmaceutical Industry","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/flcube.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-07-14T10:10:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-25T10:13:28+00:00","description":"China-based Huadong Medicine Co., Ltd (SHE: 000963) announced that its market filing for a biosimilar version of Novo Nordisk's Victoza (liraglutide), produced by subsidiary Hangzhou Zhongmei Huadong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, has been accepted by the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA). The drug is intended as an adjunctive therapy for adult patients needing long-term weight management alongside a low-calorie diet and increased physical activity.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/flcube.com\/?p=27989#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/flcube.com\/?p=27989"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/flcube.com\/?p=27989#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/flcube.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Huadong Medicine’s Biosimilar Victoza (Liraglutide) Accepted for NMPA Review"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/flcube.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/flcube.com\/","name":"Insight, China's Pharmaceutical Industry","description":"Fineline Insights, Pharma Clarity","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/flcube.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/flcube.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/flcube.com\/#organization","name":"Fineline Infomation and Technology","alternateName":"Fineline Info & Tech","url":"https:\/\/flcube.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/flcube.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/flcube.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Fineline-info-tech-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/flcube.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Fineline-info-tech-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1894,"caption":"Fineline Infomation and Technology"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/flcube.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61566606313834"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/flcube.com\/#\/schema\/person\/19ad11870d326204db8524d3c3c5e66a","name":"Fineline Cube","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/89f733aaed3d2d91d7d6f45d0e9ab509e3004e8243c6e57620b36380684657f2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/89f733aaed3d2d91d7d6f45d0e9ab509e3004e8243c6e57620b36380684657f2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/89f733aaed3d2d91d7d6f45d0e9ab509e3004e8243c6e57620b36380684657f2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Fineline Cube"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/flcube.com"],"url":"https:\/\/flcube.com\/?author=1"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flcube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flcube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flcube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flcube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flcube.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27989"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/flcube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27990,"href":"https:\/\/flcube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27989\/revisions\/27990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flcube.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flcube.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flcube.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}