Here are the top 5 biosimilar articles for the week of December 12, 2022.
Hi, I’m Skylar Jeremias for The Center for Biosimilars®, your resource for clinical, regulatory, business, and policy news in the rapidly changing world of biosimilars.
Here are the top 5 biosimilar articles for the week of December 12, 2022.
Number 5: In his newest column installment, Sarfaraz K. Niazi, PhD, looked into the domestic and international support for removing interchangeability for biosimilars in the United States.
Number 4: The Accreditation Council for Medical Affairs (ACMA) is launching a new program for health care professionals to become Board Certified Biologics and Biosimilars Specialists.
Number 3: Prime Therapeutics has officially acquired Magellan Rx Management, a popular pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) in the specialty pharmacy space.
Number 2: The FDA has accepted Biogen’s biologics license application for a tocilizumab biosimilar candidate (BIIB800) referencing Actemra for review.
Number 1: Following their initial European launch of the drug, Alvotech and STADA Arzneimittel launched their adalimumab biosimilar referencing Humira in 7 more European countries: Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Romania, and Slovenia.
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