Here are the top 5 biosimilar articles for the week of November 29, 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 29, 2021.
Number 5: Regulators are at work clarifying biosimilar guidance and on Capitol Hill, a battle is raging over reforms that could help or hurt biosimilar advancement.
Number 4: Authors of a new study estimated significant savings from biosimilars in Ontario based on deep price discounts and mandatory switching programs.
Number 3: A study of trastuzumab biosimilars and the reference product (Herceptin) under control and stress conditions elucidated the value of machine learning.
Number 2: Specialty tiers for biosimilars and reforms that address the proliferation of poor-quality patents would help lower costs and improve access, biosimilar industry veterans said.
Number 1: An expert on biotherapeutics recommended more science be applied to World Health Organization (WHO) biosimilar guideline revisions.
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