Jackie Syrop

July 25, 2017

The prospective adalimumab biosimilar CinnoRA was shown in a recently published phase 3 trial to be comparable to AbbVie’s innovator biological treatment Humira in terms of safety and efficacy in adult patients with active rheumatoid arthritis.

July 25, 2017

A new survey assessing awareness of and attitudes about biosimilars among medical specialists and pharmacists in Ireland found that majority of such experts say that they are familiar or very familiar with the term “biosimilar,” but many general practitioners (GPs) were either unable to define or had never heard the term.

July 21, 2017

An analysis of 53 switching studies reveals a variable level of good-quality evidence regarding switching from reference drugs to their biosimilars.

July 20, 2017

The cost of developing copy versions of complex drugs—biosimilars and follow-ons for biologics and copies of nonbiological complex drugs such as nanomedicines, including drug-carrying liposomes—can be decreased, according to a new white paper.

July 19, 2017

Primary results from the ASSIST-FL Phase 3 clinical trial of GP2013, a proposed biosimilar of reference rituximab (Roche’s Rituxan, MabThera), showed that GP2013 is a viable rituximab biosimilar candidate for patients with previously untreated advanced follicular lymphoma.

July 17, 2017

A study published in the Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics found that SB5, a proposed biosimilar to AbbVie’s Humira, had pharmacokinetic (PK) equivalence to both European-sourced and US-sourced adalimumab.

July 13, 2017

To gain an understanding of how stakeholders use or consult medicinal product information and to investigate their preferences for the content of biosimilar labels, a multi-stakeholder workshop was held in Brussels, Belgium.

July 12, 2017

Treating patients with biosimilars of expensive biologic medications has the potential to reduce the costs of treatment for patients and payers, but the use of biosimilars has not translated into savings for most providers, which limits broader adoption of biosimilars, according to a recent analysis.

July 12, 2017

Spherix Global Insights’ recently released survey of 103 US gastroenterologists reveals that practitioners project significant growth in the use vedolizumab, golimumab, and Pfizer’s Inflectra, an infliximab biosimilar, for the treatment of ulcerative colitis over the next 6 months.

July 07, 2017

Biopharmaceutical medicines represent a growing share of the global pharmaceutical market, with $228 billion in global sales in 2016. As many of these products face the loss of patent protection, biosimilar versions of these molecules may now enter the market, causing a shift in market share and driving changes in pharmaceutical companies’ strategies.