Economic aspects of biosimilar competition in Hungary — The treatment of rheumatic disorders [PDF]
Biologicals are the fastest growing segment of the global pharmaceutical market, reaching 199 billion USD sales per year with 9.8% 10-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR).
Zrubka, Zsombor
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Adalimumab is a biological therapy used to treat different chronic inflammatory diseases. At present, there is an increasing number of adalimumab biosimilars. To assume the acceptability of interchangeability between reference adalimumab and biosimilars,
J. M. Pego Reigosa +11 more
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Comparative Effectiveness of Biosimilar, Reference Product and Other Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents (ESAs) Still Covered by Patent in Chronic Kidney Disease and Cancer Patients: An Italian Population-Based Study [PDF]
Background Since 2007 biosimilars of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) are available on the Italian market. Very limited post-marketing data exist on the comparative effectiveness of biosimilar and originator ESAs.
Alibrandi, A. (Angela) +12 more
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Real-Life Effectiveness of Adalimumab Biosimilars in Patients with Chronic Plaque Psoriasis
The real-life effectiveness of adalimumab biosimilars in patients with psoriasis has rarely been investigated. To investigate drug survival of adalimumab biosimilars in patients with chronic plaque psoriasis and factors associated with its ...
F. Bellinato +5 more
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Biosimilar infliximab introduction into the gastro-enterology care pathway in a large acute Irish teaching hospital: a story behind the evidence [PDF]
Background and aim: Biosimilar medicines are not considered exact replicas of originator biological medicines. As a result, prescribers can be hesitant to introduce such medicines into the clinical setting until evidence surfaces confirming their safety ...
Byrne, Stephen +5 more
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An Overview of Biosimilars—Development, Quality, Regulatory Issues, and Management in Healthcare
Biological therapies have transformed high-burden treatments. As the patent and exclusivity period for biological medicines draws to a close, there is a possibility for the development and authorization of biosimilars.
Filipa Mascarenhas-Melo +8 more
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Assessing awareness and attitudes of healthcare professionals on the use of biosimilar medicines: A survey of physicians and pharmacists in Ireland [PDF]
Increasing numbers of biosimilar medicines are becoming available. The objective of this survey was to assess awareness of and attitudes to biosimilars amongst physicians (medical specialists and General Practitioners (GPs)) and community pharmacists in ...
Bermingham, Margaret +6 more
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Scientific Rationale for Waiving Clinical Efficacy Testing of Biosimilars
After 18 years and the administration of billions of doses, there is little doubt about biosimilars’ safety and efficacy. Yet, only 14 molecules in the EU and 9 in the US are available as biosimilars, among the 200+ targets, due mainly to the high ...
Sarfaraz K Niazi
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Biosimilars are highly similar follow‐on products for biologics that can foster biologics competition. Questionnaire studies have attempted to gauge the patient perspective on biosimilars, but none have delved deeper into how patients view biologics and ...
Meera Varma +2 more
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Introduction For many of the 537 million adults living now with diabetes, the cost of insulin is becoming prohibitive as the insulin prices have tripled between 2002–2013.
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