Here are the top 5 biosimilar articles for the week of June 12, 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 June 12th, 2023.
Number 5: Alvotech and Advanz Pharma extended their partnership to commercialize 5 biosimilar candidates across Europe.
Number 4: Infliximab (IFX) biosimilar SB2 was shown to be safe and effective in IFX-naïve patients and those who switched from a prior IFX reference or biosimilar.
Number 3: Sarfaraz K. Niazi, PhD, examined the new FDA guideline that acts as an invitation to biosimilar developers to decrease the cost of testing, potentially opening the door for companies to reduce nonclinical testing of biosimilars entirely.
Number 2: New research has found the 340B program is slowing uptake of biosimilars by incentivizing use of more expensive biologics.
Number 1: The Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company, an online pharmacy dedicated to increasing access to lower-cost prescriptions, partnered with Coherus Biosciences to distribute Yusimry, a biosimilar referencing Humira. It’s the first time the pharmacy has added a biosimilar to its list of drugs.
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