Here are the top 5 biosimilar articles for the week of November 2, 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 2, 2020.
Number 5: Biosimilar orphan drugs might not be cheaper than innovator orphan products, owing to multiple factors, but modifications to regulatory policy could change this, a presenter said at the Terrapinn Festival of Biologics Basel 2020.
Number 4:The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) has joined with other provider groups in opposing a UnitedHealthcare (UHC) plan that could increase patient out-of-pocket costs.
Number 3: Arnold Ventures suggests ways the FDA and other governmental entities can get more biosimilars into circulation, faster.
Number 2: SomaLogic’s collaboration with the FDA could lead to new forms of pharmacodymamic measurement that improve speed and efficiency of biosimilar development and approval.
Number 1: The FDA may require comparative clinical efficacy for biosimilar approval, but on top of all the other required and available evidence, these trials add little value, Sarfaraz K. Niazi, PhD, states.
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Physician and Patient Perspectives After Starting or Switching to Amgevita in IBD
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