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The Top 5 Biosimilar Articles for the Week of November 16
Here are the top 5 biosimilar articles for the week of November 16, 2020.
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 November 16, 2020.
Number 5: Alvotech and Cipla have joined forces to bring 5 biosimilars to treat oncology and autoimmune diseases to South Africa.
Number 4: US rheumatologists who prescribe tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors are familiar with biosimilars; however, there is broad awareness only of infliximab biosimilars, according to a survey.
Number 3: The International Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association (IGBA) has launched the first Global Biosimilars Week, an attempt to build momentum for the use of biosimilars.
Number 2: In Europe, the pandemic has revealed problems within health care systems and the need to increase access to biosimilars and reform health care policies, according to a presentation at the Terrapinn Festival of Biologics Basel 2020.
Number 1: Results up to week 52 in the phase 3 study of Samsung Bioepis’ proposed ranibizumab biosimilar (SB11) show that primary end points were met for best corrected visual acuity and central subfield thickness.
To read all of these articles and more, visit centerforbiosimilars.com.
Biosimilars Gastroenterology Roundup for November 2024—Podcast Edition
December 1st 2024On this episode of Not So Different, we discuss market changes in the adalimumab space; calls for PBM transparency and biosimilar access reforms grew; new data for biosimilars in gastroenterology conditions; and all the takeaways from this year's Global Biosimilars Week.
BioRationality: Withdrawal of Proposed Terminal Disclaimer Rule Spells Major Setback for Biosimilars
December 10th 2024The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)’s withdrawal of its proposed terminal disclaimer rule is seen as a setback for biosimilar developers, as it preserves patent prosecution practices that favor originator companies and increases costs for biosimilar competition, according to Sarfaraz K. Niazi, PhD.
Biosimilars Development Roundup for October 2024—Podcast Edition
November 3rd 2024On this episode of Not So Different, we discuss the GRx+Biosims conference, which included discussions on data transparency, artificial intelligence (AI), and collaboration to enhance the global supply chain for biosimilars and generic drugs, as well as the evolving requirements for biosimilar devices.
Pertuzumab Biosimilar Shows Promise in HER2-Positive Breast Cancer Treatment
December 9th 2024The proposed pertuzumab biosimilar QL1209 demonstrated equivalent efficacy and safety to reference pertuzumab (Perjeta) in neoadjuvant treatment of HER2-positive, ER/PR-negative early or locally advanced breast cancer, offering a cost-effective alternative with comparable clinical outcomes.
Similar Persistence Rates Between Adalimumab New Starts, Switched Patients
December 7th 2024A French real-world study found that the adalimumab biosimilar SB5 was effective in treating rheumatic or gastrointestinal immune-mediated inflammatory diseases, showing no loss of disease control in switched patients and similar persistence rates between naive and switched groups.
