Cadila Launches Second Biosimilar in a Week

Newfoundland and Labrador is the latest Canadian province to implement a biosimilar switching policy, following in the footsteps of Ontario and 7 other jurisdictions.

On this episode of Not So Different, Mark Guyot, senior director of unity provider engagement at McKesson, gives an overview of McKesson’s real-world analysis of community oncology practices and their use of biosimilars and offers advice on overcoming adoption barriers and expanding education efforts.

More and more women are becoming pregnant while on anti–tumor necrosis factor (TNF) biosimilars used to treat inflammatory disorders. However, there is “little data” on the safety and effectiveness of biosimilars in pregnancy, according to authors of a recent retrospective study.

On this episode of Not So Different, Vizient’s Carina Dolan, PharmD, MS, BCOP, expounds on some of the results from Vizient’s recent edition of its Pharmacy Market Outlook Report, including how inflation could influence biosimilar utilization.

The FDA's new artificial intelligence (AI)-based modeling on characterizing protein aggregation could directly impact the safety assurance of biosimilars and other therapeutic proteins.

Increasing the use of biosimilars in Belgium will require realigning financial incentives and providing more information to medical professionals, according to authors of a study that proposed policy recommendations.