Skylar Jeremias

June 20, 2023

Researchers of a retrospective cohort study found that a rituximab biosimilar, BCD-020, was safe and effective in pediatric patients with lupus nephritis.

June 19, 2023

Implementing strategies, such as dose rounding, can offset the impact of drug waste and reduce the total cost of care for value-based programs, according to a recent study of practices participating in the Oncology Care Model.

June 18, 2023

Ryan Haumschild, PharmD, MS, MBA, director of pharmacy services at Emory Healthcare and Winship Cancer Institute, explains how oncology practices can work better with payers to increase biosimilar adoption and how those collaborations can be applied to other disease areas, such as immunology and neurology.

June 17, 2023

Coherus Biosciences and AbbVie agree to resolve a dispute regarding Coherus’ partnership with the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company and an adalimumab biosimilar, and Celltrion and Bio-Thera Solutions expand their respective partnerships to include more biosimilar products.

June 15, 2023

SmithRx becomes the first pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) to announce it will cover Yusimry, 1 of 9 FDA-approved adalimumab biosimilars; Celltrion Healthcare receives a thumbs-up from the FDA to test a biosimilar for Ocrevus; Alvotech and Teva Pharmaceuticals settle with Johnson & Johnson over their biosimilar referencing Stelara.

June 14, 2023

After 8 years of trastuzumab biosimilar competition and slow uptake, a new report shows that trastuzumab biosimilar discounts from the reference product (Herceptin) doubled between 2019 and 2022.

June 03, 2023

Alvotech and Advanz Pharma extend their partnership to commercialize 5 biosimilar candidates across Europe.

June 01, 2023

The Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company, an online pharmacy dedicated to increasing access to lower-cost prescriptions, is partnering with Coherus Biosciences to distribute Yusimry, a biosimilar referencing Humira. It’s the first time the pharmacy has added a biosimilar to its list of drugs.

June 01, 2023

Over the course of May, the immunology biosimilar space bloomed, with a European approval, a delay for ustekinumab biosimilars, more clinical trial updates, and insights into the industry from multiple immunology experts.

May 31, 2023

The European Commission has granted marketing authorization to Samsung Bioepis' biosimilar referencing Soliris (eculizumab). The product, dubbed Epysqli, is the first hematology biosimilar from Samsung Bioepis to be approved in the European Union.