Samantha DiGrande

January 16, 2018

A recent research letter, published in the British Journal of Dermatology, reports that a biosimilar of etanercept, SB4 (approved as Benepali in the European Union and Brenzys in The Republic of Korea, Canada, and Australia), is associated with fewer injection-site reactions and less immunogenicity than reference etanercept (Enbrel), while maintaining equivalent efficacy.

January 12, 2018

At the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference that took place this week in San Francisco, California, Republic of Korea-based biotech company Celltrion announced that it is preparing to build a new overseas production plant that will add to the strength of its biosimilar program.

January 12, 2018

At the J.P. Morgan Healthcare conference, Lupin Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of India-based Lupin Limited, announced biosimilar development plans for the company.

January 11, 2018

In an editorial that was recently published in Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, authors D. Sawbridge, MD, and S. Subramanian, MD, discussed how to mitigate primary nonresponse to infliximab.

January 10, 2018

In August 2017, Sandoz, a Novartis company, announced the launch of its etanercept biosimilar (Erelzi) in Canada. In December 2017, Ontario became the most recent Canadian province to add the biosimilar etanercept to its public drug plan for the treatment of multiple inflammatory diseases.

January 09, 2018

In November 2017, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) held a meeting, comprising industry groups representing generic and brand-name drugs, pharmacies, and pharmacy benefit managers, to discuss possible solutions to increase competition and lower the cost of drugs in the United States. Afterward, numerous stakeholders submitted comment letters to the FTC addressing competition issues.

January 07, 2018

The FDA approved a record-breaking 46 novel drugs in 2017. Our latest infographic breaks down the FDA's approval history for the last decase.

January 06, 2018

This week, STAT held a webinar entitled "What to Expect in Biotech 2018." The broadcast was hosted by Adam Feurstein, a senior biotech reporter, and Damian Garde, a national biotech reporter. The goal of the webinar was to provide a framework of the themes that are likely to shape the biotech sector in the coming year, as well to provide a look at biotech stocks in 2018.

January 05, 2018

The FDA has released new draft guidance aimed at encouraging generic drug competition as part of its continued implementation of the Drug Competition Action Plan.

January 04, 2018

Today, Indian drug maker Hetero launched a biosimilar of adalimumab (referenced on Humira, made by AbbVie) to be marketed in India under the name Mabura. This is the fourth biosimilar Hetero has brought to the Indian market.