July 10th 2023
Noninferiority and comparable safety and immunogenicity between biosimilar romiplostim (ENZ110) and innovator romiplostim (Nplate) were identified in patients with chronic immune thrombocytopenia.
Phase 3 Study of Amgen Biosimilar to Eculizumab Meets Primary End Points
August 24th 2022Eculizumab is used to treat paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), a rare bone marrow disorder in which expansion of certain hematopoietic cells that lack a key protein cause the destruction of red blood cells, or hemolysis.
Rituximab Biosimilars Prove Effective in Large B-Cell Lymphoma
July 14th 2022Abstracts from the European Hematology Association Congress 2022 confirmed comparable safety and effectiveness profiles between 2 rituximab biosimilars and the reference product (Rituxan) in patients with large B-cell lymphoma.
Amgen's Eculizumab Biosimilar, ABP 959, Shows PK, PD Bioequivalence to Soliris
June 18th 2019Amgen is developing a biosimilar of the drug, ABP 959, and during last week’s 24th Congress of the European Hematology Association, held from June 13-16 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, researchers reported on findings from a phase 1 trial of the proposed product.
Updated ASCO and ASH Guidelines on Managing Anemia Support Safety, Efficacy of Biosimilar ESAs
April 16th 2019The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the American Society of Hematology (ASH) first published their guidelines on erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) in cancer care in 2002, with updates in 2007 and 2010, and the new update is the first to address biosimilar epoetin alfa.
More Data Underscore the Safety and Efficacy of CT-P10 in Hematological Conditions
December 4th 2018Celltrion’s CT-P10, a biosimilar rituximab that was FDA approved under the brand name Truxima in November 2018, is already in wide use for a host of indications in many regulatory territories. During this week’s 60th Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American Society of Hematology in San Diego, California, multiple research teams are reporting data that underscore the safety and efficacy of CT-P10 in hematological conditions.
Biosimilar Filgrastim Performs in Stem Cell Mobilization
December 3rd 2018In 2016, the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency switched from the brand-name filgrastim, Neupogen, to a biosimilar, Apotex’s Grastofil, for stem cell mobilization prior to autologous stem cell transplants. In a study presented at the American Society of Hematology’s Annual Meeting, researchers sought to determine the safety and efficacy of using a biosimilar for this setting.
Biosimilars of Hemophilia Therapies: Are They Likely?
February 28th 2018In a recently published editorial in The Official Journal of the World Federation of Hemophilia, author Angela Thomas, MB, PhD, discusses the advancements in hemophilia treatment as well as the place biosimilars may or may not have in reducing the cost of care.