The Top 5 Biosimilar Articles for the Week of September 12

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 September 12, 2022.

Number 5: As Alvotech’s biosimilars are included in a commercialization deal in the Philippines, the company hits a setback in its quest for FDA approval of its adalimumab biosimilar; the FDA gives EpiVax a $2 million grant to run immunogenicity testing for biosimilars.

Number 4: The second part of this 4-part series took a look at what patients and employers can expect when adalimumab biosimilars hit the market in 2023.

Number 3: As part of a larger series preparing for the US market entrance of adalimumab biosimilars in 2023, Steven Lucio, PharmD, BCPS, senior principal of pharmacy solutions at Vizient, makes predictions for how the rollout of these biosimilars may play out and offers advice to stakeholders for how to maintain a robust market.

Number 2: Celltrion Healthcare released positive data for an ustekinumab biosimilar, and Samsung Bioepis announced long-term safety and efficacy results for its adalimumab biosimilar.

Number 1: In a recent paper, Sarfaraz K. Niazi, PhD, argued that getting rid of clinical efficacy testing for biosimilars could realign testing ethics with current guidelines, save companies money on development, and improve data sensitivity.

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