The Top 5 Biosimilar Articles for the Week of November 16

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.

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