Here are the top 5 biosimilar articles for the week of February 6, 2023.
Hi, I’m Justina Petrullo for The Center for Biosimilars®, your resource for clinical, regulatory, business, and policy news in the rapidly changing world of biosimilars.
Here are the top 5 biosimilar articles for the week of January 30th, 2023.
Number 5: Sandoz announced that the FDA has accepted the company’s biologics license application (BLA) for its denosumab biosimilar candidate for review.
Number 4: Sarfaraz K. Niazi, PhD, explained the FDA's changes to the drug review process, the significance of each change, and the published pieces of work that helped inform the FDA's decisions.
Number 3: The FDA published its research roadmap as part of the Biosimilars User Fee Act III regulatory research pilot program. The roadmap will allow stakeholders to see how the program will help the FDA enhance regulatory decision-making surrounding biosimilar development.
Number 2: This year started off with a bang for rheumatology biosimilars, with several regulatory approvals around the world, new market insight into the global use of biosimilars, and US market introduction of the first rival biosimilar to Humira (adalimumab).
Number 1: Amgen’s Amjevita (adalimumab-atto) has officially entered the US market, making it the first of potentially 10 biosimilars referencing Humira to launch in 2023.
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