The Center for Biosimilars® recaps the top stories for the week of August 5, 2019.
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Hi, I’m Jaime Rosenberg 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 biosimilars articles for the week of August 5, 2019.
Number 5: Concerns are rising that the marketplace may soon see the advent of authorized biologics, which are similar to authorized generics.
Number 4: Cancer Care Ontario is launching new educational materials as Canada awaits the arrival of additional anticancer biosimilars.
Number 3: A retrospective analysis of care delivery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center showed that using subcutaneous rituximab resulted in substantial time savings.
Number 2: A new systematic review reported on real-world evidence on biosimilar etanercept in the treatment of inflammatory diseases.
Number 1: Momenta says that it is stopping work on its proposed adalimumab biosimilar after changes in the market related to Humira patent settlements.
Finally, last week, our e-newsletter asked whether you think that, if given the opportunity, Congress should make some changes to the existing Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act.
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