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

Earnings fell overall for Biogen, although biosimilar revenues continued an upward climb.

An Avalere analysis suggests costs are more moderate and lower under a no–step therapy scenario for patients with Crohn disease.

Roche attributes a $3.83 billion reduction in sales to biosimilar competition.

DaxibotulinumtoxinA met all end points in a study demonstrating longer duration of action, safety, and tolerability.

Average clinical efficacy testing cost millions of dollars more for phase 3 biosimilar studies than for pivotal studies of originator products, authors report.

Ryan Cox, vice president of the Access Experience Team at PRECISIONvalue, discusses whether midsize employers can participate in payer discussions on formulary placement.

Ryan Cox, vice president of the Access Experience Team at PRECISIONvalue, discusses what employers can do to encourage biosimilar uptake and what cultural changes are needed to make it happen.

A report from the IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science states that assessments of the health of the US biosimilar market are too conservative.

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) regulatory review advances a pact between Samsung Bioepis and Biogen announced last year.

The agreement enables Reliance Life Sciences to springboard into the US market using Medicure's commercial reach.

Researchers contend the "totality of evidence" for biosimilar approval may be sufficient to demonstrate interchangeability.

Accord brought 2 biosimilars referencing blockbuster oncology products to the United Kingdom and amended its agreement with Shanghai Henlius Biotech.

Biosimilars could improve health system sustainability in Slovakia; however, of the 54 biosimilars approved by the European Medicines Agency as of August 2019, fewer than half are available in Slovakia

Centus’ Equidacent became Europe’s fourth bevacizumab biosimilar to receive marketing authorization.

Over the past decade, savings from biosimilars have grown; however, there remain barriers that prevent biosimilar savings from reaching their full potential, according to a report from the Association for Accessible Medicines.

Two bills in Congress meant to address the anticompetitive practice of product hopping drew fire at the American Conference Institute's annual biosimilars conference.

Singapore-based PrestigePharma presents fresh equivalency data supporting its case for regulatory approval of HD201.

Representative Glenn Grothman, R-Wisconsin, says interchangeability for insulins makes sense based on the savings potential and safety record of these agents.

Intellectual property law attorneys from the Washington, DC, offices of McDermott Will & Emery LLP, discuss 5 of the most significant trends in biologics litigation that have emerged in recent months.

Trade associations and companies in the biosimilars business ask the FDA to hone its proposed study on product disclosures.

This summer, The Center for Biosimilars® interviewed several experts for their opinions on the current need for biosimilars and how companies are working to overcome barriers to uptake. Here are some highlights.

Some European markets are more formidable than others with regard to complexity and getting biosimilars established, but there are good places to start, Jonathan Sweeting, head of Europe for Samsung Bioepis, explains.

It’s same old, same old when it comes to pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) contracts despite much touted reforms, authors of a review contend.

The Australia-based biosimilar company hopes to compete with blockbuster programmed death-1 (PD-1) inhibitor franchises owned by Merck and Bristol Myers Squibb.

The month of August was replete with clinical trial news and biosimilar launches for the treatment of rheumatic conditions.

For all intents and purposes, Semglee is a biosimilar insulin, but official biosimilar status is needed to clinch the marketing aspect.

With the launch of an adalimumab, Cadila hopes to get a piece of the worldwide biosimilar market for antirheumatic treatments.

To help employers achieve biosimilar savings, the Midwest Business Group on Health has created a 13-step action plan.

The Association for Accessible Medicines, which represents generic and biosimilar manufacturers, chose a leader with a research, public relations, and strategic planning background.