The Center for Biosimilars® recaps the top stories for the week of June 3, 2019.
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Hi, I’m Laura Joszt 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 June 3.
Number 5: Prestige BioPharma announced that the European Medicines Agency will review its application for a proposed trastuzumab biosimilar, HD201.
Number 4: During this week’s 2019 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting (ASCO), researchers presented the final overall survival results from the phase 3 HERITAGE study of biosimilar trastuzumab, Ogivri.
Number 3: Also at ASCO, Samsung Bioepis presented long-awaited 3-year results for its biosimilar trastuzumab, Ontruzant.
Number 2: With patents on reference products that treat multiple sclerosis set to expire soon in Latin America, a panel of experts published a set of recommendations on biosimilars in the region.
Number 1: Ahead of the anticipated 2019 marketing of FDA-approved anticancer biosimilars in the United States, a pharmacy benefit manager is launching an oncology biosimilar program.
Finally, last week, our e-newsletter asked whether you think other states will follow Colorado’s lead in capping patients’ costs for insulin.
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