Oncology

A diverse panel from practice, payer, and wholesale perspectives convened at The American Journal of Managed Care®'s Patient-Centered Oncology Care® 2020 virtual conference to hash out one of the hottest issues in biosimilar availability right now.

Biosimilars from Samsung Bioepis have demonstrated equivalency in clinical trial and real world settings, according to 2 prominent cancer specialists.

Breast cancer specialist Hope S. Rugo, MD, FASCO, an advisory board member for The Center for Biosimilars®, has been at the forefront of groundbreaking oncology advancements.

Lotus and CKD Pharmaceutical intend to be among the first to bring a darbepoetin alpha biosimilar to Southeast Asia.

Amgen's Onpro autoinjector device for pegfilgrastim is a stunning example of how product differentiation via drug delivery devices can protect market share in the biologics market.

Singapore-based PrestigePharma presents fresh equivalency data supporting its case for regulatory approval of HD201.

The American College of Physicians (ACP) said many reforms are needed to install appropriate checks and balances in the biologic drugs marketplace.

Courts have allowed biosimilar developers "safe harbor" against infringement suits, but there are limits, attorneys from Goodwin Proctor explain.

This summer, The Center for Biosimilars® interviewed several experts for their opinions on the current need for biosimilars and how companies are working to overcome barriers to uptake. Here are some highlights.

Bio-Thera said it has begun testing the safety its ustekinumab biosimilar in healthy volunteers.

Some European markets are more formidable than others with regard to complexity and getting biosimilars established, but there are good places to start, Jonathan Sweeting, head of Europe for Samsung Bioepis, explains.

It’s same old, same old when it comes to pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) contracts despite much touted reforms, authors of a review contend.

The Australia-based biosimilar company hopes to compete with blockbuster programmed death-1 (PD-1) inhibitor franchises owned by Merck and Bristol Myers Squibb.

A look at efforts biosimilar manufacturers are taking to develop treatments for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Health technology tssessments play an important role in building confidence for use of biosimilars, yet very few meet criteria for thoroughness.

With the launch of an adalimumab, Cadila hopes to get a piece of the worldwide biosimilar market for antirheumatic treatments.

The statistics show that for the Rocky Mountain province, biosimilar savings are pouring into the health care system and allowing for significantly greater access.

From China to Taiwan, BeiGene and Bio-Thera Solutions hope to capture a large share of the bevacizumab biosimilar market.

Express Scripts, the country's largest pharmacy benefit manager, has reshuffled its preferred formulary list for 2021, giving preference to fewer pegfilgrastim products than in 2020.

Samsung Bioepis' latest approval gives it 5 biosimilar approvals in the European marketplace.

After receiving regulatory approval in June, Sandoz launched 2 of its biosimilars on the Canadian market.

Ali Mcbride, PharmD, MS, BCOP, is taking a lead role in promoting the use and understanding of biosimilars in oncology.

A Pacific Research Institute economist says that by his scorecard, biosimilars are not supercharging the market the way they ought to be doing .

There has been an outpouring of advocacy tugging biosimilars into the marketplace, and market share of these lower-cost drugs has increased.

Up-and-coming Henlius Biotech consolidates its footing in the biosimilar world with another regulatory approval.

Celltrion finds fault with a critique of equivalence margins used to approve its infliximab biosimilar.

Allowing pharmacists to independently fill prescriptions with biosimilars can offer community oncology practices a way to cut costs and increase access to cancer care for patients, according to Lucy Langer, MD.

Defining biosimilar use in the United States as "sluggish," Juliana Reed, MS, said employers have to get involved.

Dismayed at the low biosimilar uptake and the lost savings, large employers are taking matters into their own hands.

Pharmacy experts discuss their level of confidence with biosimilars and some of the hurdles that stand in the way of optimizing these lower-cost medicines.