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Ivo Abraham, PhD, highlights follow-on biologics as a pathway to a more equitable global health care system by reducing costs and expanding treatment access.

Elena Wolff-Holz, MD, discussed the approval and benefits of the ustekinumab biosimilar, Yesintek, emphasizing its comparable efficacy and safety to Stelara, and potential for increased patient access due to lower costs, and a possible lower immunogenicity profile.

Shreehas P. Tambe, MD, highlighted the significant potential for biosimilars to expand into other disease areas like diabetes, offering crucial cost-saving solutions amid a rising global burden of noncommunicable diseases.

Thriving in the evolving biosimilar market demands bold collaboration, early global partnerships, and a fresh approach to development strategies to overcome uncertainty and drive future success.

Christopher T. Robertson, JD, PhD, reviewed the history and ethical landscape of providing access to drugs before FDA approval, highlighting the crucial role of clinical trials and ethical safeguards at the 2025 Festival of Biologics USA.

Sonia T. Oskouei, PharmD, emphasized strategies to streamline regulations and evolve to overcome barriers and expand the availability of cost-effective biosimilar treatments across more therapeutic areas.

Sophia Humphreys, PharmD, MHA, BCBBS, emphasized that legislative support and formulary changes are crucial for overcoming unique challenges in specialty pharmacies and driving the growth of biosimilar adoption, which has significant cost saving potential in the next decade.

Dracey Poore, MS, director of biosimilars and emerging therapies at Cardinal Health, highlighted that biosimilars saved $36 billion over the last decade by improving patient access and the supply chain, but continued education and a robust pipeline are crucial for future growth.

High adherence rates, comparable clinical effectiveness, and cost savings have marked the early adoption of adalimumab biosimilars in the US, particularly in formulary-driven transitions, as shown in 2 retrospective studies presented at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy annual meeting (AMCP 2025).

Biocon’s ustekinumab biosimilar matched reference ustekinumab in efficacy and safety, while an adalimumab biosimilar proved interchangeable with reference adalimumab, according to posters at the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) annual meeting.

The top 5 biosimilar conference articles in 2024 highlight significant progress in the biosimilar landscape, including strategies for market sustainability, safety of switching to biosimilars, and substantial savings through high biosimilar adoption, while also addressing ongoing challenges.

By expanding educational initiatives to clarify biosimilar safety, efficacy, and interchangeability, stakeholders can foster trust, improve access, and ensure that biosimilars are widely accepted as high-quality, cost-effective alternatives to originator biologics.

Panelists emphasized the need for transparency and policy reforms in pharmacy benefit management (PBM) to improve accessibility, affordability, and fair competition for adalimumab biosimilars.

At the GRx+Biosims conference, FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, MD, stressed the urgent need for data transparency in the global supply chain and the role of collaboration and artificial intelligence in ensuring the resilience of biosimilar and generic drug production.

At the GRx+Biosims 2024 conference, a panel of industry experts and FDA officials discussed evolving device requirements for biosimilars and interchangeable biosimilars, highlighting new approaches to comparative use human factors studies, regulatory challenges, and alternative validation methods.

At the GRx+Biosims conference, a fireside chat highlighted the need to streamline biosimilar development and strengthen industry collaboration, with Sarah Yim, MD, of the FDA, emphasizing education's key role in building trust and adoption.

At the 2024 GRx+Biosims conference, industry leaders and regulatory experts underscored the urgency of unifying global standards and simplifying the biosimilar development process, sharing insights on recent advancements and the necessity for greater collaboration between manufacturers and regulatory agencies.

At the GRx+Biosims 2024 conference, panelists explored challenges and progress in biosimilar interchangeability regulations in the US, discussing the FDA's new draft guidance, the removal of switching study requirements, and the need for more education to reduce misinformation and improve biosimilar uptake.

Two posters presented at the European Hematology Association’s annual meeting (EHA 2024) evaluated how rituximab biosimilars impact quality of life and infusion-related reactions in patients with lymphatic cancers.

Two posters from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting look at Medicare reimbursement trends for originator and biosimilar biologics, as well as a combination therapy utilizing a pegfilgrastim biosimilar in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma.

A poster from the European Hematology Association’s (EHA) 2024 annual meeting in Madrid, Spain, showed similar rates of transfusion avoidance between patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria who were administered reference eculizumab (Soliris) and those administered an eculizumab biosimilar (SB12).

Posters from the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting showcased safety and efficacy data for a trastuzumab biosimilar and an ado-trastuzumab biosimilar in HER2-positive (HER2+) cancers.

Cencora's Lakesha Farmer, PharmD, MBA, discusses efforts that health care organizations can take to better educate patients and providers on biosimilars to improve biosimilar acceptance and achieve cost savings associated with these products.

Posters from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2024 annual meeting demonstrate positive safety and efficacy data for denosumab and pegfilgrastim biosimilars.

Posters from Digestive Disease Week 2024 look at how super-responders and pregnant patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) react to treatment with subcutaneous infliximab and an infliximab biosimilar, respectively.

Two posters from Digestive Disease Week found that switching patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) from Remicade to an infliximab biosimilar did not impact clinical outcomes, with one study focusing on switches in pediatric patients and the other focusing on patients undergoing multiple switches.

Posters from Digestive Disease Week (DDW) on the ongoing LIBERTY-CD trial assessing Zymfentra, a subcutaneous infliximab product, compared with intravenous infliximab treatment in Crohn disease show the safety and efficacy of the product, as well as the impact of body mass index (BMI) on clinical outcomes.

The discussion highlights key emerging trends from the Festival of Biologics conference and the annual Cardinal Health Biosimilars Report, including the importance of sustainability in the health care landscape and the challenges and successes in biosimilar adoption and affordability.

Two posters from the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy’s annual meeting provided hope that despite low uptake so far, adalimumab biosimilars can deliver on the promise of comparable safety and efficacy with the originator in multiple disease states, as well as cost savings.

At the Festival of Biologics USA, panelists stressed the need for patient-centered communication and education to boost comfort with biosimilars, emphasizing consistent support from health care providers despite restrictive payer policies.