Policy

The LAVENDER study demonstrates safety and tolerability of simultaneous intravenous (IV) administration of biosimilar trastuzumab (Kanjinti) and pertuzumab in cohorts of healthy volunteers.

Passage of HR 3 is shaping up as a centerpiece of President Biden's effort to bring pharmaceutical prices under control. If drug companies won't negotiate prices, international reference pricing would kick in.

When it comes to their willingness to use biosimilars, providers and managed care pharmacists prefer greater transparency on formulary placement and costs, according to a focus group study based on health care surveys.

A report from Artemetrx details 2020 changes in demand for biosimilars and other specialty drugs, according to health plan spending. Dynamics that could affect future spending are also explained.

"[Payers] are incorrectly assuming that biosimilars of bevacizumab are going to behave the same as Avastin in the eye, and they’re making that assumption with absolutely no data," contends George Williams, MD, clinical spokesperson and past president of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO).

Health care systems need to consistently reevaluate whether the biosimilars they utilize are the most cost-effective, Neal Dave, PharmD, the executive director of pharmacy at Texas Oncology, explains.

The road to production of biosimilar messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines could be very swift compared with the experience for other biologics. With fewer intellectual property restrictions, small manufacturers could step right in, according to Sarfaraz K. Niazi, PhD.

After a delay caused by a manufacturing shift, Formycon and Bioeq are back on track with their ranibizumab biologics license application (BLA), and their partner Coherus BioSciences is aligned for US commercialization.

Amgen reported a strong increase in biosimilar sales for the year but said competition is forcing down prices and affecting revenues for its originator products, too.

A supply chain shortage of Avastin (bevacizumab) is prompting policies for use of bevacizumab biosimilars instead, which the American Academy of Ophthalmology says could lead to problems.

When it comes to exports, Celltrion Healthcare leads the way among Republic of Korea pharmaceuticals producers. The company's biosimilars are the leading exports.

Paul Cornes, BM, BCH, MA, MRCP, FRCR, a consultant oncologist and biosimilars expert, explains the relevance of differences between biosimilars and reference biologics.

BioFactura looks to join the ustekinumab biosimilar race and Cardinal Health provides an interactive tool with state-by-state interchangeable rules.

Kashyap B. Patel, MD, says value of care is an important metric, but often people lose sight of what patients have to pay out of pocket, and how this affects them.

Biosimilar uptake could be more robust in the United States if the FDA can be convinced that biosimilars are worth the effort, according to Rep Kurt Schrader, D-Oregon.

Biocon reports on its revenues from biosimilars and the FDA status of its insulin glargine product.

Without disclosing terms, Pfizer said it has settled with Johnson & Johnson (J&J) over a long-running dispute in which J&J was alleged to have blocked payers from covering Inflectra.

China has approved a product for rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn disease that Mabpharm and Sorrento Therapteutics say is an improvement on infliximab.

COVID-19 exposed a lot of holes in the public health safety net. An Amgen panel focused on ways to extend the reach of US medicine to make it more inclusive.

On this week’s episode of Not So Different, we spoke with David Senior, senior vice president of Market Economics at AmerisourceBergen, about the development of the generics market and how this could be instructive in understanding how biosimilars sales may develop.

Real-world study in Italy finds most patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) maintain clinical and biochemical response after switching from infliximab reference product to SB2.

Panelists at the American Conference Institute's 2021 meeting took on the complexities of biosimilar adoption in a wide-ranging discussion.

Chad Landmon, JD, chair of Intellectual Property and FDA Practice at Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider, provides a legal perspective on the implications of President Biden’s effort to improve the competitiveness of drug markets.

Medicare lost out on over $2 billion in savings as adalimumab biosimilars were sidelined by patent restrictions, said investigators who recommended patent reforms.

Biosimilars are launching at significant discounts to reference products and capturing increasing market share, according to an Amgen report.

Following the release of a whitepaper on sustainable generics and biosimilars markets, members of a trade association discussed concerning trends for the industry.

In a white paper, the International Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association (IGBA) describes industry dynamics that it says affect market sustainability and patient access.

Ahead of receiving regulatory approval for a "wet" age-related macular degeneration biosimilar candidate, a broad-based commercialization deal is inked.

Insulin aspart, lispro, and glargine biosimilar candidates referencing NovoRapid, Humalog, and Lantus demonstrated bioequivalence in trial data presented at the Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association.

AVT04 (ustekinumab) if approved would be targeted at an estimated $7.7 billion market for the reference product, Stelara.