Policy

Biosimilar manufacturers may encounter roadblocks in the months and years ahead, and generics manufacturers will find they've hit a ceiling, according to Adam Fein, PhD, CEO of the Drug Channels Institute.

There is low insulin availability in the Philippines and investigators recommend policy and regulatory reviews.

Changes in federal and state policy can help liberate the savings potential in biosimilars and broaden investment in our health care system.

More transparency in how health care money is spent could improve utilization and efficiency, panelists said at the Medicines for Europe event.

Wider use of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) biosimilars is recommended for patients at risk of febrile neutropenia (FN).

In part 1 of this interview, Cate Lockhart, executive director of the Biologics and Biosimilar Collective Intelligence Consortium, details some of her expectations for further growth of the US biosimilar market.

Investigators in British Columbia surveyed patients for their impressions of biosimilars before and after mandatory switching.

Biosimilar education can increase physician motivation to prescribe these alternatives to costly originator products, panelists said in a Sandoz/Reuters discussion.

A study funded by AbbVie finds support for maintaining patients on originator rheumatic agents, such as Humira (adalimumab), rather than switching to biosimilars.

Biosimilars were on formulary for years but nobody was using them, Canadian authorities explain as their reasons for dropping originators from approved lists.

Accused of unfair trade practices, AbbVie's CEO Richard Gonzalez pointed the finger at Medicare Part D.

The retrospective, real-world study (N = 353) conducted within the Kaiser Permanente network followed the July 2019 launch of the bevacizumab biosimilar Mvasi.

The House Committee on Oversight and Reform contends AbbVie's "biosimilar defense strategy" has succeeded beyond the company's wildest imagination.

Investigators evaluated both biosimilar vs originator savings and savings from earlier use of a lower-cost adalimumab biosimilar (Amgevita).

During a talk at the Medicines for Europe Biosimilar Medicines Conference, US and EU regulators discuss the potential for tailored approach to bring biosimilars to market sooner with less expense and wasted effort.

Advances in analytical testing have improved confidence in biosimilars, according to a Medicines for Europe panel.

The anatomy of an interchangeability switching study.

Amgevita is now broadly available across Canada.

Biosimilar companies partnered with other companies and saw earnings increases, while reference product corporations faced sales erosion from biosimilar competition.

Representative Carolyn B. Maloney, D-New York, questions the use of pharmaceutical profits to defend against biosimilar competition.

How much muscle did Congress invest in a pair of bills recently signed by President Biden? The answer may lie in your willingness to believe.

The savings from pegfilgrastim biosimilars rapidly add up, according to a study simulation that accounted for hospital costs associated with the on-body injector.

Investigators tapped health system data to conduct an observational, real-world comparison of bevacizumab (Mvasi) vs the reference product (Avastin).

The European Union is a diverse market with pockets of biosimilar resistance but also cost-saving triumphs, panelists said at the Biosimilar Medicines Virtual Summit 2021.

Allen Lising, managing director of Xcenda’s FormularyDecisions, explains how stakeholders are using pre-approval information to make business decisions.

Following the lead of British Columbia and Alberta, New Brunswick, a heavily forested province located between Nova Scotia and Quebec, hopes to save on biologics.

Anticipating roughly $26 million in annual savings, British Columbia's public payer PharmaCare is switching patients away from originator Humira.

Rebecca Borgert, PharmD, BCOP, and Jim Rebello, PharmD, from Magellan Rx Management talk about how market trends, payer formulary decisions, and international successes are shaping today's biosimilars industry.

Study authors measured savings, conversions to biosimilars, and payer policies for 3 originator brands

New York Medicaid achieved 78% to 94% biosimilar utilization for 4 originator brands during a focused effort in 2019.