Tony Hagen

Their rituximab biosimilar candidate was advancing in clinical trials for equivalence but represented a business conflict.

Prior to the turmoil of the pandemic, the FDA and CMS were at work on shoring up the biosimilars market, and this work continues on various fronts, a regulatory/policy expert explains.

Plans for a $453.3 million high volume plant and research center were unveiled during an industry forum this week in Republic of Korea.

The FDA's acceptance of the biologics license application (BLA) moves the companies one step closer to entering the US ophthalmology treatment sphere with a biosimilar.

Despite a rocky power transition at the federal level, the compass heading for biosimilars is unchanged, said policy expert Molly Burich.

The reference product rights holder contends that Centus has not provided complete information about its manufacturing processes related to FKB238, the proposed biosimilar.

Investigators said their study is valuable because biosimilar switching is likely to increase for economic reasons.

The International Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association (IGBA) hopes to build momentum for the use of biosimilars.

Investigators looked at adherence in patients who switched from reference infliximab during treatment for rheumatologic and gastrointestinal treatment.

Results up to week 52 in the phase 3 study show that primary end points were met for best corrected visual acuity and central subfield thickness.

HHS Secretary Alex M. Azar said efforts and policies to counter a sharply upward drug price trend have been successful, in a talk with the Association for Accessible Medicine.

The survival of the biosimilars approval pathway seemed on surer footing today following oral arguments at the Supreme Court over the Affordable Care Act and the severability of its provisions.

The company is targeting the lucrative osteoporosis market dominated by Prolia, an Amgen product.

Sarah Yim, MD, director of the Office of Therapeutic Biologics and Biosimilars (OTBB), highlighted the ways the FDA is working to remove blocks and wedges hindering biosimilars.

A multibiomarker disease activity score looks at serum protein activity for a more sensitive evaluation of biosimilarity, investigators said at the American College of Rheumatology Convergence 2020 meeting.

Biocon Biologics nets a $150 million investment from Goldman Sachs to further its development and marketing of biosimilars.

Poster presentations at the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Convergence 2020 meeting shed light on performance of adalimumab versions.

Separate studies including one on application methods for CT-P17 were reported at the American College of Rheumatology Convergence 2020 meeting.

Medicines for Europe, a generic and biosimilar trade association, contends in a white paper that legal and regulatory loopholes increasingly keep competing drugs off the market.

Launched in the US market in late 2019, Truxima (rituximab) has become a significant revenue driver for Teva.

The company has multiple biosimilar products on the worldwide market and in development; in 2019, it gained World Health Organization precertification for a trastuzumab biosimilar (Ontruzant).

Expecting real-world evidence to confirm safety and efficacy of biosimilars is asking too much, Uwe Gudat, a pharmacovigilance expert from Fresenius Kabi, said at the Terrapinn Festival of Biologics Basel 2020.

Biosimilar orphan drugs might not be cheaper than innovator orphan products, owing to multiple factors, but modifications to regulatory policy could change this, a presenter said at the Terrapinn Festival of Biologics Basel 2020.

Certain biosimilar studies are performed out of an abundance of caution and good marketing sense, although science has leapfrogged the need for these trials, panelists said at the Terrapinn Festival of Biologics Basel 2020.

Manufacturers, not regulators, may be the holdouts when it comes to eliminating comparative clinical efficacy trials, according to experts interviewed by The Center for Biosimilars®.

A collaboration with the FDA could lead to new forms of pharmacodymamic measurement that improve speed and efficiency of biosimilar development and approval.

The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) has joined with other provider groups in opposing a UnitedHealthcare (UHC) plan that could increase patient out-of-pocket costs.

Amgen said its sales results for Mvasi (bevacizumab) and Kanjinti (trastuzumab) give it confidence that the US market for biosimilars is more viable than generally perceived.

The strong growth of biosimilars Pfizer recently launched in the United States are part of the success story, although reference etanercept (Enbrel) sales have seen major erosion.

With a sizeable round of fresh capital, Alvotech hopes to bring monoclonal antibodies and fusion proteins through the development pipeline.