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Employers could save thousands of dollars by promoting the use of biosimilars that will keep employees with rheumatoid arthritis from having to file for disability, according to Brian Gifford, PhD, research director of the Integrated Benefits Institute.

Ali Mcbride, PharmD, MS, BCOP, is taking a lead role in promoting the use and understanding of biosimilars in oncology.

A Pacific Research Institute economist says that by his scorecard, biosimilars are not supercharging the market the way they ought to be doing .

Pharmacists in Ireland say the country is losing out on hundreds of millions of dollars in savings owing to the absence of a biosimilar substitution policy.

There has been an outpouring of advocacy tugging biosimilars into the marketplace, and market share of these lower-cost drugs has increased.

Up-and-coming Henlius Biotech consolidates its footing in the biosimilar world with another regulatory approval.

Celltrion finds fault with a critique of equivalence margins used to approve its infliximab biosimilar.

Here are the top 5 biosimilar articles for the week of August 10, 2020.

Allowing pharmacists to independently fill prescriptions with biosimilars can offer community oncology practices a way to cut costs and increase access to cancer care for patients, according to Lucy Langer, MD.

Defining biosimilar use in the United States as "sluggish," Juliana Reed, MS, said employers have to get involved.

Dismayed at the low biosimilar uptake and the lost savings, large employers are taking matters into their own hands.

Opening the door to biosimilar competition starts with breaking down the patent barrier, says Christine Simmon, JD.

Pharmacy experts discuss their level of confidence with biosimilars and some of the hurdles that stand in the way of optimizing these lower-cost medicines.

Japanese investigators say more needs to be known about what happens post treatment with biosimilar infliximab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Now that Polpharma Biologics has fully integrated Bioceros into its brand, the company hopes to become one of the world’s leading biologics manufacturers.

United States Pharmacopeia (USP), the FDA, and others deliver constructive critique on how India can bolster quality in its biopharmaceutical industry.

A rituximab biosimilar in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) passes the real-world test with flying colors, according to Manfred Weslau, MD.

Samsung Bioepis makes a move into the promising Brazilian market for biosimilars, which data suggest is one of the fastest-growing biosimilars markets among emerging nations.

Investigators set out to learn whether the imposition of out-of-pocket spending caps on specialty drugs would unleash a wave of drug spending and prompt payer policy change.

With a sizable milestone payment from its partner Mylan, Revance has stepped up efforts to launch contenders in the Botox space.

Here are the top 5 biosimilar articles for the week of August 3, 2020.

A new study showed that biosimilar interferon beta-1a (IFN-β-1a) may be effective in helping to treat patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Originator biologics should be monitored as closely as biosimilars, according to Gary Lyman, MD, MPH, of the Hutchinson Institute for Cancer Outcomes Research.

In an award-winning attempt to get closer to patients, Samsung Bioepis has replaced harsh typography with white backgrounds and gentle shapes on its new biosimilar packaging.

A real-world study on inflammatory bowel disease employing originator and biosimilar biologics suggests anti–tumor necrosis factor (TNF) therapy may be more effective for Crohn disease than for ulcerative colitis.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has expanded on its hopes for a biosimilar comeback with a commercialization deal with Alvotech, which could bring as many as 5 biosimilars to the US market.

Cadila Pharmaceuticals charges ahead with yet another biosimilar launch in India, an osteoporosis agent referencing Eli Lilly's teriparatide drug Forteo.

Biosimilars have improved access to health care in India, but many effective new drugs are high priced and patented, and authors of a new study recommend interventions to make these available, too.

Biosimilar exports make up a hefty chunk of biologics and other drug exports from the Republic of Korea to the United States and Europe, according to a report.