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In part 2 of this interview, Cate Lockhart, PharmD, PhD, executive director of the Biologics and Biosimilar Collective Intelligence Consortium, discusses the potential for interchangeable insulin biosimilars and the challenges of obtaining reliable and optimized real world data.

More transparency in how health care money is spent could improve utilization and efficiency, panelists said at the Medicines for Europe event.

Wider use of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) biosimilars is recommended for patients at risk of febrile neutropenia (FN).

The pandemic interrupted health care for many patients and saddled health care institutions with high costs. How might biosimilars improve conditions?

An antibody conjugate, Ujvira combines the cancer cell growth–fighting properties of trastuzumab with the cytotoxic capability of emtansine.

China’s streamlined system for biologics approvals has enabled Shanghai Henlius Biotech to bring biosimilars to market faster and potentially at a lower cost, Ping Cao, vice president of Business Development, explains.

Prestige BioPharma aims to expand its drug pipeline with a $152 million research and development facility.

Biosimilar education can increase physician motivation to prescribe these alternatives to costly originator products, panelists said in a Sandoz/Reuters discussion.

Accused of unfair trade practices, AbbVie's CEO Richard Gonzalez pointed the finger at Medicare Part D.

The retrospective, real-world study (N = 353) conducted within the Kaiser Permanente network followed the July 2019 launch of the bevacizumab biosimilar Mvasi.

The House Committee on Oversight and Reform contends AbbVie's "biosimilar defense strategy" has succeeded beyond the company's wildest imagination.

A Canada study of the filgrastim biosimilar Grastofil demonstrated equivalence to Neupogen in candidates for autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT), an extrapolated use.

A second class of biosimilars that are considered "interchangeable" could set biosimilars back in terms of acceptance, according to Albert Kim, MBA.

With COVID-19 on the retreat, Coherus BioSciences sees the advantage wearing off for Amgen's pegfilgrastim injector kit.

This is the third and final part of our series on National Comprehensive Cancer Network/Pfizer efforts to investigate issues of importance to biosimilar stakeholders.

Advances in analytical testing have improved confidence in biosimilars, according to a Medicines for Europe panel.

The anatomy of an interchangeability switching study.

Biosimilar companies partnered with other companies and saw earnings increases, while reference product corporations faced sales erosion from biosimilar competition.

Representative Carolyn B. Maloney, D-New York, questions the use of pharmaceutical profits to defend against biosimilar competition.

Biocon tests the waters with itolizumab in pandemic-ravaged India, and Celltrion announces early success with an agent for the South African variant.

There's no end in sight for Enbrel (etanercept) sales erosion, but Amgen's biosimilars are holding their own, the company reported.

How much muscle did Congress invest in a pair of bills recently signed by President Biden? The answer may lie in your willingness to believe.

The savings from pegfilgrastim biosimilars rapidly add up, according to a study simulation that accounted for hospital costs associated with the on-body injector.

Investigators tapped health system data to conduct an observational, real-world comparison of bevacizumab (Mvasi) vs the reference product (Avastin).

This is the second of a 3-part series on National Comprehensive Cancer Network/Pfizer efforts to investigate issues of importance to biosimilar stakeholders.

Medicinal packaging shouldn't remind patients that they have a condition, according to Samsung Bioepis.

The European Union is a diverse market with pockets of biosimilar resistance but also cost-saving triumphs, panelists said at the Biosimilar Medicines Virtual Summit 2021.

Roche has begun another year of biosimilar sales erosion, although the company has said this year will not be as bad as 2020.

More disclosures, earlier in the biosimilar application process, might lead to more competition in biologics, but panelists said this could go too far.

Weaker persistency and strong adherence were observed among patients taking biosimilar forms of epoetin alfa and infliximab, among others.