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Dr. Reddy's darbepoetin alfa

Darbepoetin alfa biosimilar developed by Dr. Reddy's Laboratories. Reference product Aranesp (Nesp in Japan).

Brands by market: Brand not published by CDSCO (India) · Commercial partner or holder: Dr. Reddy's Laboratories · Company profile
FDANot listed
EMANot listed
MHRANot listed
PMDANot listed
HCNot listed
CDSCOMar 2010permitted
EDENot listed
Approved or registered in 1 of 7 markets

About Dr. Reddy's darbepoetin alfa

Dr. Reddy's received the first darbepoetin permission in the world, in India in March 2010, for kidney anaemia, with a permission for the drug substance later that year.

Status by market

FDA

United States

Not listed by FDA.

EMA

European Union

Not listed by EMA.

MHRA

United Kingdom

Not listed by MHRA.

PMDA

Japan

Not listed by PMDA.

HC

Canada

Not listed by HC.

CDSCO

India

Central Drugs Standard Control OrganisationApproved
Brand
Not published by CDSCO (INN only)
Holder or applicant
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd
Pathway
Similar Biologic, manufacture and marketing permission
Approved
Mar 2010
Application or permission
MF-246/10; BULK-668/10 (July 2010)
Indications as licensed
Anaemia of chronic renal failure
Presentations
Injection
Remarks
First darbepoetin alfa biosimilar permitted anywhere.
Source
S014 (CDSCO) · checked Sep 2026
EDE

United Arab Emirates

Not listed by EDE.

Other developers in the same markets

Where Dr. Reddy's darbepoetin alfa holds an approval, these are the other darbepoetin alfa biosimilars approved in that market.

MarketRivalsDevelopers (product)
CDSCO2Hetero (Hetero darbepoetin alfa), Reliance Life Sciences (Reliance Life Sciences darbepoetin alfa)

Same developer, other molecules

Other biosimilars in the Atlas developed by Dr. Reddy's Laboratories: Dr. Reddy's bevacizumab, Dr. Reddy's pegfilgrastim, Dr. Reddy's trastuzumab, Teriparatide Dr. Reddy's, Zimrixby / Ituxredi.

Chronology

Sources

All darbepoetin alfa biosimilars

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Data current to September 2026.