Here are the top 5 biosimilar articles for the week of November 22, 2021.
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 22, 2021.
Number 5: A study from a free market–focused think tank argued for the elimination of market barriers to biosimilars to tap potentially billions of dollars in health care system savings that biosimilars for 2 widely used drugs could provide.
Number 4: Authors of a review discussed barriers to insulin access and potential solutions as the 100-year anniversary of the drug's first use for diabetes gets closer.
Number 3: Progression-free survival (PFS) was improved for patients with epidermal growth factor receptor–mutated nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer who were treated with PD-1 and antivascularization therapy.
Number 2: A new white paper from Samsung Bioepis and Organon took aim at misconceptions about biosimilars and industry practices that hinder their adoption.
Number 1: A European Medicines Agency (EMA) pilot program to advise manufacturers how to minimize or avoid clinical trial requirements was based on wrong assumptions about the biosimilar development process.
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