Here are the top 5 biosimilar articles for the week of June 7, 2021.
Hi, I’m Skylar Jeremias 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 June 7, 2021.
Number 5: Bio-Thera Solutions initiated a phase 3 clinical study for its golimumab biosimilar candidate (BAT2506) referencing Simponi.
Number 4: Organon said that it will do marketing but not research and development, Biogen and Bio-Thera moved forward with a tocilizumab candidate, and Lupin promoted a pegfilgrastim biosimilar.
Number 3: Investigators further elucidated the equivalence of a trastuzumab biosimilar vs Herceptin in HER2+ (human epidermal growth factor receptor 2–positive) breast cancer.
Number 2: When biosimilars emerged in oncology, oncologists dipped in a toe and then got serious, according to a retrospective study on usage and savings presented at ASCO 2021.
Number 1: Sarfaraz K. Niazi, PhD, a member of The Center for Biosimilars® Advisory Board, reported on his citizen petition to the FDA to rationalize testing of biosimilars.
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