Biosimilars

Top news of the week from Specialty Pharmacy Times.

Biosimilars have yet to make a significant impact on the prescription drug market.

A look at last week's top stories in the world of pharmacy.

Top news of the week from Specialty Pharmacy Times.

The emergence of biosimilars will reduce spending on biologics by 3% through 2027.

Grant Knowles, PharmD, vice president, Business Development, Ardon Health, discusses the potential impact biosimilars will have in health care.

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Spending for adalimumab has tripled from 2012 from $4.5 billion.

Ron Lanton III, Esq, discusses all things biosimilar during a session at the National Association of Specialty Pharmacy (NASP) Annual Meeting and Educational Conference.

Pharmacists must be experts on follow-on biologics (FOBs), including biosimilars, so they can provide education to health professionals about safe prescribing and use, which ultimately affects patient care.

Biologics play a significant role in patient care, but because of the high cost of these medications, they may be inaccessible to patients and increase health care costs.

Draft guidance seeks to enhance equivalence testing for biosimilars.

The 15-page document offers guidance on statistical approaches to evaluating biosimilar similarity.

Sirukumab is an anti-interleukin-6 monoclonal antibody designed to block the IL-6 pathway in a different way than currently approved IL-6 inhibitors.

Results of the case could alter the future of the biosimilar marketplace.

Clinician and patient understanding and access considerations represent the most significant hurdles inhibiting the uptake of biosimilars for inflammatory conditions.

Current policy reduces incentives that would spur a robust biosimilars market, according to the Biosimilars Council.

Top news of the day from across the healthcare landscape.

Biosimilars offer the potential to provide patients with less costly alternatives.

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Switching from etanercept to biosimilar was not associated with treatment-emergent adverse events in rheumatoid arthritis.

Marcus H. Snow, MD, of the University of Nebraska Medical Center, discusses the importance of the treat-to target-strategy versus the non-targeted therapeutic approach in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

There remain significant issues for biosimilars to impact the drug market in the United States.

Biosimilar uptake in the United States still faces significant challenges.