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GPhA council works to promote biosimilars

GPhA council works to promote biosimilars

Biosimilars offer tremendous promise for millions of Americans suffering from cancer, rheumatoid arthritis or other diseases, offering lower-cost and highly effective alternatives to costly reference product drugs, also known as biologics. Biosimilars have been approved and prescribed effectively for close to a decade in nations across Europe and in Australia, offering patients increased access to

FDA proposes suffix for biosimilar product names

FDA proposes suffix for biosimilar product names

WASHINGTON — Early feedback on the Food and Drug Administration’s proposal on naming conventions for biosimilars shows a mixed response. Late late week, the FDA published draft guidance recommending that reference biologic products and biosimilars have nonproprietary names that share a core drug substance name and an FDA-designated suffix unique for each product. For interchangeable

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