Alvotech Reports Record-Breaking First Half of 2025 Amid Strong Biosimilar Sales

Biosimilars Can Help Expand Early Access Anti-TNF Therapy in IBD

May 26th 2025

By Deana Ferreri, PhD

There's a need for early anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) therapy in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), with new data showing that biosimilars can address cost barriers and enhance patient access and outcomes.

Automatic Biosimilar Substitution and Patient Education Advocated by Elena Wolff-Holz, MD

May 26th 2025

By Cameron Santoro

Elena Wolff-Holz, MD, discussed the rationale and safety surrounding the automatic substitution of biosimilars at the pharmacy level, as well as common misconceptions about these medications.

The Top 5 Biosimilar Articles for the Week of May 19

May 23rd 2025

By Cameron Santoro

Here are the top 5 biosimilar articles for the week of May 19, 2025.

Differences in Psoriasis Treatment: Ustekinumab Dose Escalation vs Adalimumab, Etanercept Discontinuation

May 22nd 2025

By Cameron Santoro

Dose escalations were more frequent with ustekinumab in patients with psoriasis compared with adalimumab and etanercept, highlighting varied outcomes for dose optimization in psoriasis management.

What Stands in the Way of Biosimilar Use Across MENA Countries?

May 21st 2025

By Skylar Jeremias

Despite the clear promise of cost savings and expanded access, the path to integrating generics and biosimilars across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is tangled in a web of distrust, inconsistent policies, and deep-rooted cultural preferences for branded drugs.

Biosimilars Offer New Hope for European Patients Facing High Eculizumab Costs

May 20th 2025

By Skylar Jeremias

Eculizumab biosimilars could provide European patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria and atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome better access to care for a better price, similar to successes seen in other biosimilar markets, according to a review.

BioRationality: The Revised Indian Biosimilar Guidelines Finally Bring Rationality

May 19th 2025

By Sarfaraz K. Niazi, PhD

The Trump Administration’s Drug Price Actions and Why US Prices Are Already Sky-High

May 17th 2025

By Skylar Jeremias

While the Trump administration’s latest executive order touts sweeping drug price cuts through international benchmarking, the broader pharmaceutical pricing crisis in the US reveals a far more complex web of development costs, profit incentives, and absent price controls—raising the question of whether any single policy, including potential drug tariffs, can truly untangle it.

The Top 5 Biosimilar Articles for the Week of May 12

May 16th 2025

By Cameron Santoro

Here are the top 5 biosimilar articles for the week of May 12, 2025.

Follow-On Biologics Poised to Expand Global Health Care Access and Lower Costs

May 15th 2025

By Cameron Santoro

Ivo Abraham, PhD, highlights follow-on biologics as a pathway to a more equitable global health care system by reducing costs and expanding treatment access.