Julie M. Reed, the new executive director of the Biosimilars Forum, shares how the Forum is preparing for the US market introduction of the first FDA-approved adalimumab biosimilars.
Julie M. Reed, the new executive director of the Biosimilars Forum, shares how the Forum is preparing for the US market introduction of the first FDA-approved adalimumab biosimilars.
Transcript:
How will you and the Forum be preparing for the launches of the first FDA adalimumab biosimilars coming early next year?
I think most of the ones that are approved [were developed by] our members. And like interchangeability, we're going to do a lot of education on that. And I think that'll be one of our biggest preparations: the education, and monitoring, and watching for any misinformation. So, we're excited. Our members are excited. It's an industry, so we're excited to see how quickly we'll achieve those cost savings that you guys are predicting because we'd like to surpass your predictions and we think it could happen.
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