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Researchers of a retrospective cohort study found that a rituximab biosimilar, BCD-020, was safe and effective in pediatric patients with lupus nephritis.

Fran Gregory, PharmD, vice president of emerging therapies at Cardinal Health, discusses how specialty pharmacists manage inventory, storage, and handling of biosimilars.

Ryan Haumschild, PharmD, MS, MBA, director of pharmacy services at Emory Healthcare and Winship Cancer Institute, explains how oncology practices can work better with payers to increase biosimilar adoption and how those collaborations can be applied to other disease areas, such as immunology and neurology.

Coherus Biosciences and AbbVie agree to resolve a dispute regarding Coherus’ partnership with the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company and an adalimumab biosimilar, and Celltrion and Bio-Thera Solutions expand their respective partnerships to include more biosimilar products.

Here are the top 5 biosimilar articles for the week of June 12, 2023.

SmithRx becomes the first pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) to announce it will cover Yusimry, 1 of 9 FDA-approved adalimumab biosimilars; Celltrion Healthcare receives a thumbs-up from the FDA to test a biosimilar for Ocrevus; Alvotech and Teva Pharmaceuticals settle with Johnson & Johnson over their biosimilar referencing Stelara.

After 8 years of trastuzumab biosimilar competition and slow uptake, a new report shows that trastuzumab biosimilar discounts from the reference product (Herceptin) doubled between 2019 and 2022.

A survey of patients with rheumatoid arthritis found that those who had switched to an adalimumab biosimilar reported higher disease severity, poorer treatment adherence, and poorer quality of life compared with patients who stayed on the reference product, highlighting the dangers of the nocebo effect.

Infliximab (IFX) biosimilar SB2 was shown to be safe and effective in IFX-naïve patients and those who switched from a prior IFX reference or biosimilar.

Sarfaraz K. Niazi, PhD, examined the new FDA guideline that acts as an invitation to biosimilar developers to decrease the cost of testing, potentially opening the door for companies to reduce nonclinical testing of biosimilars entirely.

Fran Gregory, PharmD, vice president of emerging therapies at Cardinal Health, discusses the importance of collaboration between all stakeholders to boost confidence in providing patients with a biosimilar drug.

Here are the top 5 biosimilar articles for the week of June 5, 2023.

New research has found the 340B program is slowing uptake of biosimilars by incentivizing use of more expensive biologics.

Fran Gregory, PharmD, vice president of emerging therapies at Cardinal Health, discusses what the future biosimilars marketplace may look like compared with generics and reference products at Asembia 2023.

If biosimilars are introduced to Spain, they will most likely save money in the pharmacological budget, according to a budget impact analysis model.

On this episode of Not So Different, we recap some of the biggest stories in the immunology space regarding biosimilars, including a new European approval, ustekinumab biosimilar delays, and more.

Alvotech and Advanz Pharma extend their partnership to commercialize 5 biosimilar candidates across Europe.

Here are the top 5 biosimilar articles for the week of May 29, 2023.

The Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company, an online pharmacy dedicated to increasing access to lower-cost prescriptions, is partnering with Coherus Biosciences to distribute Yusimry, a biosimilar referencing Humira. It’s the first time the pharmacy has added a biosimilar to its list of drugs.

Over the course of May, the immunology biosimilar space bloomed, with a European approval, a delay for ustekinumab biosimilars, more clinical trial updates, and insights into the industry from multiple immunology experts.

The European Commission has granted marketing authorization to Samsung Bioepis' biosimilar referencing Soliris (eculizumab). The product, dubbed Epysqli, is the first hematology biosimilar from Samsung Bioepis to be approved in the European Union.

In his latest column, Sarfaraz K. Niazi, PhD, went over some best practices for implementing innovative solutions for the purposes of streamlining biosimilar development.

Amgen has settled with Johnson & Johnson (J&J) over the former’s ustekinumab biosimilar referencing Stelara, delaying the projected launch of the candidate from late 2023 to January 2025.

On this episode of Not So Different, Tasmina Hydery and Brian Biehn from AmerisourceBergen discussed results from a recent survey, that were also presented at Asembia 2023, diving into the payer perspective on biosimilars and current pricing trends across the US biosimilar industry.

Biosimilar market penetration has been slower than that of generics but the market share of biosimilars has grown over time, according to the authors of a study on biosimilar use in the European Union (EU).

Here are the top 5 biosimilar articles for the week of May 22, 2023.

A group of panelists at Asembia 2023 shared the bigger role that pharmacists, payers, and providers can play in growing biosimilar acceptance and championing policy changes that boost biosimilar utilization.

Celltrion Healthcare announced that the FDA has approved Yuflyma (adalimumab-aaty) as the ninth biosimilar referencing Humira (adalimumab).

Findings from a recent study emphasize the need for improvement and changes regarding follow-on biologics and biosimilars in the global biosimilar market.

As Celltrion Healthcare announces the launch of the biobetter version of Remsima (Remsima SC) in Brazil, the company shared the phase 3 plan for its ocrelizumab biosimilar to treat multiple sclerosis (MS).