Here are the top 5 biosimilar articles for the week of September 19, 2022.
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 September 19, 2022.
Number 5: Fresenius Kabi announced the FDA approval of its pegfilgrastim biosimilar referencing Neulasta, making it the sixth pegfilgrastim biosimilar to be approved in the United States.
Number 4: The third installment of a 4-part series dives into how providers, administrators, nurses, and pharmacists can prepare for adalimumab biosimilars and what role they can play in patient acceptance and use of biosimilars.
Number 3: As the United Kingdom adds another oncology biosimilar to its collection, the European Medicine Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) gave a positive opinion for another ranibizumab candidate.
Number 2: The second part of a 4-part series took a look at what patients and employers can expect when adalimumab biosimilars hit the market in 2023.
Number 1: As more biosimilars are granted interchangeability status, 2 representatives from Samsung Bioepis stop misinformation in its tracks by clarifying that the designation will primarily impact pharmacy dispensing instead of prescription habits.
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