The Center for Biosimilars® recaps the top 5 biosimilars articles for the week of March 26, 2018.
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Hi, I'm Kelly Davio 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 March 26.
Number 5: A new brief from Avalere Health says that a variety of policy options are available to the United States to create the necessary conditions for biosimilar competition.
Number 4: Mylan and Biocon's Lantus biosimilar has received marketing authorization in the European Union and in Australia.
Number 3: Intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor treatments, including bevacizumab, are not associated with an increased risk of adverse events.
Number 2: In a symposium at the 23rd annual conference of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, 3 clinicians presented on the use of biosimilars in oncology.
Number 1: FDA Commissioner, Dr Scott Gottlieb, said this week that the FDA is working on numerous new policies to encourage biosimilar development.
Finally, last week, our e-newsletter asked whether you think Oregon's new drug price transparency law will help to control costs.
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