This week on the podcast, we’re speaking with the executive director of the Biologics and Biosimilars Collective Intelligence Consortium (BBCIC), Cate Lockhart, PharmD, PhD, about the acceptance process for biosimilars in the United States, what BBCIC is doing to help the market develop, and how the new approval pathway for biologics will affect the pace at which biosimilars come to market.
On March 23, 2020, the transition under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA) was complete, allowing products formerly classified as “small-molecule” drugs, including all insulin products, to be approved under the biologics regulatory pathway. This week on the podcast, we’re speaking with Cate Lockhart, executive director of the Biologics and Biosimilars Collective Intelligence Consortium (BBCIC) about the acceptance process for biosimilars in the United States, what BBCIC is doing to help the market develop, and how this transition will affect the pace at which biologics come to market.
To learn more about BBCIC, visit bbcic.org.
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