Skylar Jeremias

Skylar Jeremias is the Managing Editor for The Center for Biosimilars and The American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC).


British Columbia’s Biosimilar Switching Program Saves $732 Million in 5 Years

June 18, 2024

British Columbia's 2019 Biosimilars Initiative, which transitioned over 40,000 patients from costly reference biologics to biosimilars, saved around $732 million in 5 years, maintained comparable health outcomes, and reinvested the savings to improve the province's public payer program.

Breaking Barriers in Osteoporosis Care: New Denosumab Biosimilars Wyost, Jubbonti Approved

June 16, 2024

In this episode, The Center for Biosimilars® delves into the FDA approval of the first denosumab biosimilars, Wyost and Jubbonti (denosumab-bbdz), and discuss their potential to revolutionize osteoporosis treatment with expert insights from 2 rheumatologists.

EHA Poster Shows Transfusion Avoidance Rates Were Comparable Between Eculizumab Biosimilar, Soliris

June 15, 2024

A poster from the European Hematology Association’s (EHA) 2024 annual meeting in Madrid, Spain, showed similar rates of transfusion avoidance between patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria who were administered reference eculizumab (Soliris) and those administered an eculizumab biosimilar (SB12).

Review Finds 7 Themes That Can Help Define the Value of Biosimilars

June 10, 2024

Authors of an integrated literature review identified 7 themes that help stakeholders define the value of biosimilar portfolios beyond cost savings, which could provide stakeholders better clarity as to the value of a biosimilar portfolio vs a single biosimilar within a portfolio.

Dr Lakesha Farmer Highlights Current Biosimilar Education, Acceptance Efforts

June 09, 2024

Cencora's Lakesha Farmer, PharmD, MBA, discusses efforts that health care organizations can take to better educate patients and providers on biosimilars to improve biosimilar acceptance and achieve cost savings associated with these products.

Biosimilars Council Position Paper Calls for End to Clinical Efficacy Trials for Biosimilars

June 04, 2024

In a position paper from the Biosimilars Council, the organization points to evidence showing that clinical efficacy trials are a major barrier to biosimilar access in the US, calling for the FDA to change its policies to remove them in favor of other comparators.

Biosimilars Gastroenterology Roundup for May 2024—Podcast Edition

June 02, 2024

On this episode of Not So Different, we review the biggest gastroenterology biosimilar stories from May 2024, covering new data from conferences and journals on infliximab and adalimumab products that demonstrate positive clinical results and confirm the safety of these biosimilars, as well as the feasibility of switching to them.