Here are the top 5 biosimilar articles for the week of July 31, 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 July 31st, 2023.
Number 5: Reference bevacizumab and proposed biosimilar (BAT1706) demonstrated high similarity to each other.
Number 4: Authors of a study examined changes in pricing, market share, and utilization of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF)–α inhibitors infliximab, etanercept, and adalimumab as the first and second biosimilars for each molecule were introduced in Europe.
Number 3: The Center for Biosimilars® provided an updated look on the adalimumab biosimilars that are coming down the US pipeline as well as what stakeholders need to know and how they can prepare ahead of the US launch of 8 adalimumab biosimilars in July 2023.
Number 2: Formycon and Celltrion announced the FDA submissions for their aflibercept biosimilars; the European Medicines Agency accepted a marketing authorization application for an ustekinumab biosimilar; and Roche filed suit against Biogen over a tocilizumab biosimilar.
Number 1: In a real-world study in India, patients with ankylosing spondylitis who were treated with the adalimumab biosimilar Exemptia for 10 weeks showed improvements in disease activity that persisted through 48 weeks.
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