The Top 5 Biosimilars Articles for the Week of September 17

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Hi, I’m Samantha DiGrande 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 September 17.

Number 5: Chinese researchers are reporting positive preclinical results for a proposed cetuximab biosimilar.

Number 4: Mylan and Fujifilm have revealed that they will launch their adalimumab biosimilar in the European Union on or after October 16.

Number 3: The European Medicines Agency has published new materials intended to educate European patients about biosimilars.

Number 2: The Senate has passed a bill that would eliminate pharmacy gag clauses and require biosimilar and biologics developers to report patent settlements to the Federal Trade Commission.

Number 1: The State of California is suing AbbVie for allegedly using kickbacks and a network of nurses to illegally boost sales of Humira.

Finally, last week, our e-newsletter asked whether you think that interchangeability is the appropriate benchmark for pharmacy-level substitution.

To view results of the poll, visit us on LinkedIn.

To read all of these articles and more, visit centerforbiosimilars.com.