Here are the top 5 biosimilar articles for the week of January 30, 2023.
Hi, I’m Justina Petrullo 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 January 30th, 2023.
Number 5: A new report from HHS has revealed that if the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) had been implemented in 2020, Medicare Part D beneficiaries could have saved a total of $734 million, averaging out to about $500 per member.
Number 4: As part of a series of interviews, Kyung-Ah Kim, executive vice president of Samsung Bioepis, offered insight into how developers view the current biosimilars market, the relevance of interchangeability, and the usefulness of clinical efficacy testing.
Number 3: Sarfaraz K. Niazi, PhD, explained the FDA's changes to the drug review process, the significance of each change, and the published pieces of work that helped inform the FDA's decisions.
Number 2: Saudi Arabia approved an adalimumab biosimilar, a denosumab biosimilar entered the market in the Republic of Korea, and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories announced the completion of a phase 3 study for its rituximab biosimilar.
Number 1: Amgen’s Amjevita (adalimumab-atto) has officially entered the US market, making it the first of potentially 10 biosimilars referencing Humira to launch in 2023.
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Annual STADA Report Shows Record Profit Growth for 2023
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Physician and Patient Perspectives After Starting or Switching to Amgevita in IBD
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