The Center for Biosimilars® recaps the top stories for the week of January 6.
Hi, I’m Christina Mattina 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 biosimilars articles for the week of January 6, 2019.
Number 5: A recent study finds that peer influence factors heavily into whether oncologists decide to adopt bevacizumab for their patients.
Number 4: The FDA notes the approval of 10 biosimilars in its 2019 report of drug approvals, which included 48 novel drugs.
Number 3: A look back at the top 5 legal stories in 2019 finds that cases involving adalimumab featured in 2 of them.
Number 2: Novo Nordisk takes 3 steps to improve insulin affordability, and says the FDA expanded use of its fast-acting mealtime insulin to children as young as 2.
Number 1: Pfizer says it is launching its bevacizumab biosimilar, Zirabev, in the United States.
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