Simon Bolivar (1783-1830) was the greatest leader of Latin America's independence movement from Spain. A superb general and a charismatic politician, he not only drove the Spanish from northern South America but also was instrumental in the early formative years of the republics that sprang up once the Spanish had gone.
Zarxio is a man-made form of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF). G-CSF is a substance produced by the body. It stimulates the growth of neutrophils, a type of white blood cell important in the bodyâs fight against infection.
Biosimilars land in the US as Sandoz launches Zarxio. By Dan Stanton+Dan Stanton, 03-Sep-2015. Sandoz has launched Zarxio, the first biosimilar in the US, despite a last ditch effort to block the copycat version of Neupogen by Amgen. Sandoz, a subsidiary of Swiss Biopharma Novartis, received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for Zarxio - its copycat version of Amgenâs Neupogen - in March . The product is, as of today, available in the US, becoming the first biosimilar to be launched in the worldâs largest market.