Here are the top 5 biosimilar articles for the week of June 6, 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 June 6, 2022.
Number 5: Results from the European Congress of Rheumatology’s annual meeting revealed that Celltrion’s Remsima SC, a subcutaneous biobetter infliximab product, produced better clinical outcomes compared with the original Remsima, an infliximab biosimilar delivered intravenously.
Number 4: Posters presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)'s annual meeting showed the successful approaches health systems took to encourage greater adoption of oncology biosimilars.
Number 3: With multiple adalimumab biosimilars poised to enter the market and more biosimilars in more disease states seeking interchangeability, the US market is entering a new phase of biosimilar use.
Number 2: The FDA has approved the fifth pegfilgrastim biosimilar for the US market, Amneal Pharmaceuticals and Kashiv Biosciences’ Fylnetra (pegfilgrastim-pbbk), referencing Neulasta.
Number 1: Samsung Bioepis and Biogen announced that Byooviz has launched on the US market as the first ranibizumab biosimilar referencing Lucentis, listed at a 40% discount compared with the originator.
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